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Post by NHC Olney Maryland on Oct 18, 2008 12:35:43 GMT -5
BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 19 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1100 PM AST FRI OCT 17 2008
...OMAR AGAIN WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 52.8 WEST OR ABOUT 705 MILES...1135 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1525 MILES...2455 KM...WEST OF THE AZORES.
OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH... 100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS MOVING OVER COLDER SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES...AND ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 989 MB...29.21 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...31.5 N...52.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM AST
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