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HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST THU AUG 27 1998

...DANIELLE PASSING WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS LOCATED
BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE NEAR LATITUDE
22.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  62.4 WEST OR ABOUT 370 MILES...595 KM...
NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.
 
DANIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH
...28 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON
FRIDAY.  ON THIS TRACK...THE HURRICANE WILL PASS WELL TO THE NORTH
OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE PLANE
IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...22.6 N... 62.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...FRIDAY.
 
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STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
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