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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT THU SEP 14 2000
 
...FLORENCE WEAKENS FURTHER...
 
INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FLORENCE.  A
TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR
BERMUDA TODAY.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 555 MILES...895 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS DRIFTING SOUTHEASTWARD...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE
EAST AND EAST-NORTHEAST WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE INDICATE THAT THE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  60 MPH... 95
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE HURRICANE HUNTERS REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF  993
MB...29.32 INCHES.
 
FLORENCE WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS
ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST...PARTICULARLY ALONG
THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...29.5 N... 73.5 W.  MOVEMENT...
DRIFTING SOUTHEASTWARD.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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