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| #44858 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:40 AM 09.Sep.2005) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA ADVISORY NUMBER 12 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT FRI SEP 09 2005 ...OPHELIA WEAKENS AS IT BEGINS TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM SEBASTIAN INLET NORTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH...AND A A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO FERNANDINA BEACH. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE NORTH OF THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE CAROLINAS 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 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 79.1 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES EAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. OPHELIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...AND A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. REPORTS FROM A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT OPHELIA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HOWEVER...OPHELIA HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RESTRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES ...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE NOAA AIRCRAFT WAS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA. A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXISTS WITHIN THE WARNING AREA AND NORTHWARD THROUGH THE CAROLINAS. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...29.3 N... 79.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT. FORECASTER FRANKLIN |
