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HURRICANE NICOLE ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN NOV 29 1998
 
...NICOLE BECOMES 10TH HURRICANE THIS YEAR...REMAINING FAR FROM
LAND...

SATELLITE PICTURES HAVE SHOWN A FAINT EYE DEVELOP WITHIN NICOLES
CLOUD PATTERN AND SUGGEST THAT THIS CYCLONE HAS REACHED HURRICANE
STRENGTH.  AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NICOLE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  42.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 770 MILES...1240 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.
 
NICOLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND
THIS DIRECTION OF MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED 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 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...32.9 N... 42.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...MONDAY.
 
RAPPAPORT
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
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