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TROPICAL STORM FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED SEP 08 1999
 
...TROPICAL STORM FLOYD SLOWLY GAINING STRENGTH...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  51.7 WEST OR ABOUT 640
MILES...1035 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH ...26 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  50 MPH... 85
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND SOME STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES ...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...16.6 N... 51.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FRANKLIN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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