Issued at 200 PM AST FRI SEP 30 2011 000WTNT31 KNHC 301741TCPAT1 BULLETINHURRICANE OPHELIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 32ANWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL162011200 PM AST FRI SEP 30 2011 ...OPHELIA MOVING NORTHWARD WITH 115 MPH WINDS... SUMMARY OF 200 PM AST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION----------------------------------------------LOCATION...24.1N 62.9WABOUT 580 MI...935 KM S OF BERMUDAMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB...28.35 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS--------------------CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...* BERMUDA FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO BERMUDA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTSISSUED BY THE BERMUDA WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK------------------------------AT 200 PM AST...1800 UTC...THE EYE OF HURRICANE OPHELIA WASLOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 62.9 WEST. OPHELIA ISNOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/H. THIS GENERALMOTION WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUEDURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS BRINGING THE CORE OF OPHELIA EAST OFBERMUDA ON SATURDAY. A TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST SHOULD BEGINLATE SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/H...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. OPHELIA IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSONHURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELYDURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL WEAKENING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROMTHE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175MILES...280 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND----------------------WIND...TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON BERMUDA STARTINGSATURDAY AFTERNOON. SURF...LARGE SWELLS CREATED BY OPHELIA WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS SURFCONDITIONS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BEACHES OF BERMUDA. RAINFALL...RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTEDON BERMUDA IN ASSOCIATION WITH OPHELIA. NEXT ADVISORY-------------NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM AST. $$FORECASTER AVILA
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