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#294521 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:46 PM 09.Sep.2009) TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE FRED ADVISORY NUMBER 10 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072009 1100 PM AST WED SEP 09 2009 ...FRED WEAKENING...NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE... AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRED WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 33.7 WEST OR ABOUT 645 MILES... 1040 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. FRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND NORTH-NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH... 165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FRED IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 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 965 MB...28.50 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...15.3N 33.7W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 10 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...965 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BERG |