MICHELLE EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL SOON

November 6, 2001 — At 5 p.m. EST, the center of Hurricane Michelle was located near latitude 29.0 north, longitude 65.3 west or about 235 miles south of Bermuda. Michelle is moving toward the east-northeast near 35 mph, and this motion is expected to continue during the next 24 hours. Maximum sustained winds are near 75 mph with higher gusts mainly to the southeast of the center. Michelle is rapidly becoming extratropical, according to NOAA's National Hurricane Center. (Click NOAA satellite image for larger view of Hurricane Michelle taken Nov. 6, 2001 at 7:51 a.m. EST. Click here to see latest satellite image.)

Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 140 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 230 miles. Minimum central pressure reported by an Air Force reconnaissance plane was 989 mb, 29.21 inches.

The government of Bermuda has discontinued the tropical storm warning for Bermuda.

This is the last public advisory issued by NOAA's National Hurricane Center on this system. Additional information will be contained in the Atlantic high seas forecasts issued by NOAA's Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch.

For storm information for specific areas of the USA, please monitor products issued by National Weather Service local forecast offices. In addition, see NOAA's Southeast River Forecast Center for the latest river conditions.

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