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HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER  26
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT SUN AUG 30 1998

...DANIELLE MOVING NORTHWESTWARD...EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHWARD       
   SOON...NOT EXPECTED TO THREATEN THE U.S. COAST...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 195 MILES...315 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND
IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS. 
 
DANIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AND THEN THE NORTH IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 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  50 MILES... 85 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 145 MILES...230 KM.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
UNIT HURRICANE PLANE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...27.9 N... 74.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
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