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#543259 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:48 PM 16.Sep.2012) TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE NADINE ADVISORY NUMBER 22 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142012 500 PM AST SUN SEP 16 2012 ...NADINE WEAKENS A LITTLE AS IT MOVES OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC... SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...30.8N 39.1W ABOUT 850 MI...1365 KM WSW OF THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 80 DEGREES AT 23 MPH...37 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...985 MB...29.09 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NADINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 39.1 WEST. NADINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT....FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/H... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NADINE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND NADINE COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON MONDAY. HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES...295 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER STEWART |