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#5211 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:40 PM 14.Aug.2004) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY ADVISORY NUMBER 24 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...CHARLEY ALMOST EXTRATROPICAL...MOVING JUST OFFSHORE OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES... AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...ALL WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED ON WESTERN LONG ISLAND WEST OF FIRE ISLAND...AND ELSEWHERE WEST OF NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NEW HAVE CONNECTICUT TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...AND FOR EASTERN LONG ISLAND FROM FIRE ISLAND EASTWARD. AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.9 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF OCEAN CITY MARYLAND. CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF CHARLEY NEAR SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CHARLEY IS JUST BARELY A TROPICAL STORM AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL ON SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. THE COASTAL MARINE AUTOMATED STATION AT CHESAPEAKE BAY LIGHT RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 48 MPH AT AN ELEVATION OF 140 FEET. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1012 MB...29.88 INCHES. TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FT ABOVE NORMAL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF CHARLEY OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST U.S. COASTAL STATES. REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...37.9 N... 74.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1012 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM EDT. FORECASTER BEVEN |