Flhurricane.com - Central Florida Hurricane Center - Tracking Storms since 1995Hurricanes Without the Hype! Since 1995
The Atlantic is quiet
|
Show Selection: |
| #3931 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:34 AM 06.Aug.2004) TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE ALEX ADVISORY NUMBER 24 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM AST FRI AUG 06 2004 ...ALEX ALMOST EXTRATROPICAL AS IT RACES ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC... AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALEX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 46.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 41.5 WEST OR ABOUT 550 MILES... 885 KM...EAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. ALEX IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 52 MPH...83 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE EAST AT A SOMEWHAT SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT ALEX CONTINUES TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...AND THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL LATER TODAY OVER THE COLD WATERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES... 95 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 345 MILES...555 KM MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 984 MB...29.06 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...46.5 N... 41.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 52 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 984 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST. FORECASTER BEVEN |
