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| #163396 (Received by flhurricane at: 6:37 PM 11.Dec.2007) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM OLGA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL172007 800 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE FINDS OLGA A LITTLE STRONGER WITH TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF HISPANIOLA FROM CABO ENGANO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO LE MOLE ST. NICHOLAS HAITI. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM CABO ENGANO TO PUNTA PALENQUE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. DATA FROM A HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE INDICATE THAT THE STRONGER WINDS ARE NOW CLOSER TO THE CENTER SUGGESTING THAT OLGA HAS TRANSITIONED TO A TROPICAL STORM. AT 800 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OLGA WAS LOCATED INLAND OVER THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NEAR LATITUDE 18.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.5 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES...45 KM... NORTH- NORTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND JUST SOUTH OF BAHIA DE SAMANA. OLGA IS MOVING ON A GENERAL WESTWARD TRACK NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER OF OLGA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER LAND FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDS ARE CONFINED TO AN AREA JUST NORTH OF THE CENTER. A SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 240 MILES...390 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER. COPEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE NORTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JUST MEASURED WIND GUSTS TO 63 MPH...102 KM/HR. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. OLGA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER PUERTO RICO AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OVER PUERTO RICO. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER HISPANIOLA WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM TOTALS OF 10 INCHES. THESE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES IN PUERTO RICO AND HISPANIOLA. REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...18.8 N...69.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER AVILA |
