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| #44835 (Received by flhurricane at: 3:17 AM 09.Sep.2005) TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE OPHELIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 11A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2 AM EDT FRI SEP 09 2005 ...OPHELIA DRIFTS A LITTLE NORTHWARD... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM SEBASTIAN INLET NORTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH...AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO FERNANDINA BEACH. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES COAST...SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF OPHELIA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OPHELIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.3 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA. OPHELIA HAS BEEN DRIFTING NORTHWARD OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...AND A NORTHEASTWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OPHELIA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. REPORTS FROM A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AND DATA FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MELBOURNE SUGGEST THAT OPHELIA MAY HAVE BEGUN TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE NOAA RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES. OPHELIA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA. REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...28.9 N... 79.3 W. MOVEMENT ...DRIFTING NORTHWARD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM EDT. FORECASTER FRANKLIN |
