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#46588 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:46 PM 17.Sep.2005) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 47A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2005 ...OPHELIA TO ACCELERATING NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD SOUTHERN NOVA SCOTIA AS IT CONTINUES TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NOVA SCOTIA EXCEPT FOR CUMBERLAND AND COLCHESTER COUNTIES. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CUMBERLAND AND COLCHESTER COUNTIES OF NOVA SCOTIA...AND FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 43.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.1 WEST OR ABOUT 145 MILES... 235 KM...SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA. OPHELIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH...42 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF OPHELIA NEAR OR OVER THE SOUTHERN COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA TONIGHT AND NEAR OR OVER NEWFOUNDLAND ON SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WHILE LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...OPHELIA IS EXPECTED TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES ...280 KM FROM THE CENTER. DURING THE PAST HOUR...CAPE SABLE NOVA SCOTIA REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 37 MPH...59 KM/HR...WITH A GUST TO 43 MPH...69 KM/HR. CANADIAN BUOY 44142 LOCATED ABOUT 70 MILES EAST OF THE CENTER RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 33 MPH... 54 KM/HR...WITH A GUST TO 42 MPH...68 KM/HR. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON CANADIAN BUOY REPORTS IS ESTIMATED TO BE 997 MB...29.44 INCHES. TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW. RAINFALLS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF NOVA SCOTIA. REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...43.1 N... 65.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 55 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. FORECASTER STEWART |