Post by NHC Olney Maryland on Oct 17, 2008 12:45:13 GMT -5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008
1100 AM AST FRI OCT 17 2008
...OMAR STRENGTHENS OVER THE OPEN NORTH ATLANTIC...
AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.1 WEST OR ABOUT 625
MILES...1000 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH...56 KM/HR...AND
AND THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING IN THIS GENERAL
DIRECTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME SMALL FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING OCCURRING ON SATURDAY.
THUS...OMAR COULD BECOME A MINIMAL HURRICANE TODAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...28.9 N...55.1 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.
TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008
1100 AM AST FRI OCT 17 2008
...OMAR STRENGTHENS OVER THE OPEN NORTH ATLANTIC...
AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.1 WEST OR ABOUT 625
MILES...1000 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH...56 KM/HR...AND
AND THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING IN THIS GENERAL
DIRECTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME SMALL FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING OCCURRING ON SATURDAY.
THUS...OMAR COULD BECOME A MINIMAL HURRICANE TODAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...28.9 N...55.1 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.