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| #289201 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:52 AM 18.Aug.2009) TCPAT3 BULLETIN HURRICANE BILL ADVISORY NUMBER 13 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032009 1100 AM AST TUE AUG 18 2009 ...BILL A LITTLE STRONGER...HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT EXPECTED TO INVESTIGATE THE HURRICANE THIS AFTERNOON... INTERESTS IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF BILL. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE EYE OF HURRICANE BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.2 WEST OR ABOUT 705 MILES... 1140 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR. A WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. BILL IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND BILL COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR SO. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS EXPECTED TO INVESTIGATE BILL THIS AFTERNOON. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...65 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 963 MB...28.44 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...15.9N 51.2W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 16 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...963 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER BROWN/CANGIALOSI |
