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HURRICANE FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2000

...FLORENCE BARELY MOVING...NO THREAT TO THE U.S. COAST...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 320 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERS NORTH CAROLINA
AND ABOUT 565 MILES...910 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST...AND A SLOW...ERRATIC
MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 986 MB...29.12 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...30.8 N... 74.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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