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TROPICAL STORM FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU SEP 09 1999
 
...FLOYD POISED TO GAIN STRENGTH...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLOYD
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  55.5 WEST
OR ABOUT  385 MILES...620 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR... BUT A
RETURN TO A WEST-NORTHWESTERLY TRACK IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.  FLOYD
IS EXPECTED TO PASS NORTH OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...BUT IF THE
WESTERLY TRACK PERSISTS...WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED
FOR SOME OF THESE ISLANDS LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED...AND FLOYD COULD REACH
HURRICANE STRENGTH WITHIN 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...17.2 N... 55.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 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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