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BULLETIN
HURRICANE FRED ADVISORY NUMBER 13
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072009
500 PM AST THU SEP 10 2009
...FRED EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY IN THE FAR
EASTERN ATLANTIC...
AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRED WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 35.1 WEST OR ABOUT 740 MILES...
1190 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
FRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR. A DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED...A FRED SHOULD MOVE LITTLE DURING THE
NEXT TWO DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...150
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FRED SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY.
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 975 MB...28.79 INCHES.
..SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST INFORMATION
LOCATION...17.3N 35.1W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT 5 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...975 MB
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
FORECASTER AVILA
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