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| #547671 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:41 AM 04.Oct.2012) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NADINE ADVISORY NUMBER 87 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142012 500 AM AST THU OCT 04 2012 ...NADINE STARTING TO LOSE TROPICAL CYCLONE CHARACTERISTICS... ...TROPICAL STORM OR GALE CONDITIONS NOW OCCURRING IN THE AZORES... SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...38.4N 28.4W ABOUT 75 MI...120 KM WSW OF LAJES AIR FORCE BASE IN THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 40 DEGREES AT 23 MPH...37 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB...29.41 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 12 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NADINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 28.4 WEST. NADINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED BY FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF NADINE SHOULD MOVE OVER THE CENTRAL AZORES DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. HOWEVER...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT NADINE IS LOSING ITS TROPICAL CYCLONE CHARACTERISTICS...AND IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE LATER THIS MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM FROM THE CENTER. LAJES AIR FORCE BASE RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 43 MPH...69 KH/H...AND A WIND GUST OF 54 MPH...87 KM/H. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES. LAJES AIR FORCE BASE RECENTLY REPORTED A PRESSURE OF 999 MB... 29.50 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM OR GALE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN THE AZORES THIS MORNING. RAINFALL...NADINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS OVER PORTIONS OF THE AZORES THROUGH THURSDAY. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 AM AST. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN |
