TROPICAL STORM OTTO ADVISORY 17

[NHC Olney Maryland]

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM OTTO ADVISORY NUMBER 17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL/OLNEY MD AL172010
500 AM AST SUN OCT 10 2010

...OTTO ACQUIRING POST-TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS WEST OF THE
AZORES...


SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...35.3N 45.0W
ABOUT 1015 MI...1630 KM W OF THE AZORES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH...100 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 65 DEGREES AT 39 MPH...63 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB...29.15 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OTTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 45.0 WEST. OTTO IS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 39 MPH...63 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. A DECREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH OTTO
TURNING SHARPLY EASTWARD AND EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD BY MONDAY NIGHT.
ON THIS TRACK...OTTO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR OR TO THE NORTH OF
THE AZORES MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. OTTO
IS EXPECTED TO BE BECOME POST-TROPICAL BY LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.


NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST.