[FLARES] HURRICANE WILFRED ADVISORY NUMBER 12

Fri, 25 Apr 2003 05:00:00 -0400 (EDT)

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ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC 250900
BULLETIN
HURRICANE WILFRED ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST FRI APR 25 2003

..DRILL! WILFRED CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILFRED
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  45.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 1000 MILES...1600 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.

WILFRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  978 MB...28.88 INCHES.

INTERESTS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS
HURRICANE.

REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...12.9 N... 45.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 978 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.

JARVINEN

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/250900m.txt
Also a graphical aprs plot of the Forecast is at:
http://wxsvr.net/tmp/250900.png

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