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HURRICANE FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT SEP 11 1999
 
...FLOYD TURNS TO THE WEST NORTHWEST...

INTERESTS IN THE BAHAMAS AND THE SOUTHEAST U.S. SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS HURRICANE OVER THE WEEKEND.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  63.5 WEST OR ABOUT 335 MILES...540
KM...NORTH NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THIS MAKES FLOYD A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.  SOME INCREASE IN STRENGH IS POSSIBLE DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTED THE MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE TO BE 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...22.7 N... 63.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...110 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 966 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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