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ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE LENNY ADVISORY NUMBER 10 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 PM AST MON NOV 15 1999 A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COASTS OF HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...A HURRICANE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LENNY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.1 WEST OR ABOUT 425 MILES...685 KM...SOUTHWEST OF SANTO DOMINGO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. LENNY IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 15 MPH ...24 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A U.S. AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES... 45 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 984 MB...29.06 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS OVER WATER AT THIS TIME BUT IS APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF HISPANIOLA TONIGHT. REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...14.9 N... 74.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 984 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM AST. LAWRENCE STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC. NNNN