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#222563 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:40 PM 16.Oct.2008) TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 15 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1100 PM AST THU OCT 16 2008 ...OMAR WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM... AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 58.1 WEST OR ABOUT 505 MILES...810 KM...NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ABOUT 715 MILES...1150 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR. A GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH... 110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES. REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...23.8 N...58.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN |