[FLARES] HURRICANE WILFRED ADVISORY NUMBER 10

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ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC 242100
BULLETIN
HURRICANE WILFRED ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST THU APR 24 2003

..DRILL! WILFRED BECOMES THE FOURTH HURRICANE OF THE SEASON...  
 
SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT WILFRED HAS DEVELOPED AN EYE...
SUGGESTING THAT IT HAS REACHED HURRICANE STRENGTH.

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILFRED WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 12.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  41.1 WEST OR ABOUT 1300
MILES...2100 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
WILFRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
INTERESTS IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS 
HURRICANE.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...12.5 N... 41.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 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 AST.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC.
 
 
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The Forecast/Advisory for this Time is available at:
http://wxsvr.net/tmp/242100m.txt
Also a graphical aprs plot of the Forecast is at:
http://wxsvr.net/tmp/242100.png

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