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#547577 (Received by flhurricane at: 8:17 PM 03.Oct.2012) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NADINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 85A NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142012 800 PM AST WED OCT 03 2012 ...NADINE EXPECTED TO BRING TROPICAL STORM OR GALE CONDITIONS TO THE AZORES TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY... SUMMARY OF 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...36.5N 31.0W ABOUT 245 MI...390 KM WSW OF THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 45 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * THE AZORES A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NADINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 31.0 WEST. NADINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/H...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...NADINE SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERN AZORES TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME GRADUAL WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE...AND NADINE COULD BECOME A REMNANT LOW AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM FROM THE CENTER. SHIPS LOCATED WELL TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF NADINE HAVE BEEN REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS JUST BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM OR GALE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AZORES BY TONIGHT. RAINFALL...NADINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE AZORES THROUGH THURSDAY....PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AZORES. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER STEWART |