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Date

 

Date

1985

 

Time

EST

 

Fd Speed km/hr

 

Wind Speed(km/hr)

 

Lat./

Long.

 

Location in General Terms

 

8/27

 

7 PM

 

--

 

--

 

19.5, 74

 

Port-au-France, Haiti

 

8/28

 

7 AM

 

32.8

 

--

 

22, 78

 

north of Camaguey, Cuba

 

8/28

 

7 PM

 

27.5

 

65

 

23, 82

 

Havana, Cuba

 

8/29

 

7 AM

 

23.7

 

--

 

25, 85

 

north of Cuba, west of Key West

 

8/29

 

7 PM

 

14.4

 

145

 

26.5, 86.5

 

north of Yucatan Peninsula, west of Ft. Myers

 

8/30

 

7 AM

 

12.4

 

--

 

28, 87

 

south of Pensacola, west of Tampa

 

8/30

 

7 PM

 

10.8

 

160

 

28.5, 86

 

not far southwest of Apelachieolo

 

8/31

 

7 AM

 

9.2

 

--

 

29, 84.5

 

just south of coast of Apelachieolo

 

8/31

 

7 PM

 

6.7

 

240

 

29, 83.5

 

in ocean, where Florida bends away from USA

 

9/1

 

7 AM

 

8.8

 

--

 

28.5, 84

 

in ocean, where Florida bends away from USA

 

9/1

 

7 PM

 

8.8

 

--

 

29.5, 86

 

south of coast of Pensacola

 

9/2

 

7 AM

 

18.7

 

--

 

30, 89

 

off coast of Gulfport, Mississippi

 

9/2

 

7 PM

 

29.5

 

--

 

31.5, 92

 

just northwest of Baton Rouge, Louisiana

 

9/3

 

7 AM

 

25.6

 

--

 

34, 94

 

northwestern tip of Louisiana

 

9/3

 

7 PM

 

22.0

 

--

 

36.5, 94

 

around Iowa

 

9/4

 

7 AM

 

--

 

--

 

38.5, 92.5

 

around Iowa

 

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