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TROPICAL STORM MITCH ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT FRI OCT 23 1998

...MITCH DRIFTING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MITCH
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 320 MILES...515 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.
 
MITCH IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH... 6 KM/HR
...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
  
WHILE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT...INTERESTS IN THE
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF MITCH.
  
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...13.5 N... 78.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM EDT...SATURDAY.
 
LAWRENCE
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
  
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