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#109398 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:37 PM 07.Sep.2006) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER 17 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062006 500 PM AST THU SEP 07 2006 ...FLORENCE GETTING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC OCEAN... AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.9 WEST OR ABOUT 560 MILES...900 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ABOUT 1015 MILES...1630 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR ...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FLORENCE IS AN UNUSUALLY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTENDING OUTWARD UP TO 405 MILES...650 KM FROM THE CENTER. A SHIP LOCATED ABOUT 360 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 38 MPH. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...20.6 N...54.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER STEWART |