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| #44533 (Received by flhurricane at: 1:46 PM 07.Sep.2005) TCPAT5 BULLETIN HURRICANE NATE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2 PM EDT WED SEP 07 2005 ...NATE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN SLOWLY... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NATE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 66.0 WEST OR ABOUT 215 MILES... 345 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA. NATE IS DRIFTING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...AND A SLOW NORTH- NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF BERMUDA TONIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NATE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES... 35 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...29.94 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE POSSIBLE IN BERMUDA. REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...29.4 N... 66.0 W. MOVEMENT... DRIFTING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 980 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM EDT. FORECASTER PASCH |
