Issued at 200 PM AST SAT OCT 01 2011 000WTNT31 KNHC 011733TCPAT1 BULLETINHURRICANE OPHELIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 36ANWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL162011200 PM AST SAT OCT 01 2011 ...EYE OF HURRICANE OPHELIA OBSERVED ON BERMUDA RADAR... SUMMARY OF 200 PM AST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION----------------------------------------------LOCATION...30.4N 62.9WABOUT 170 MI...275 KM SE OF BERMUDAMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...195 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 21 MPH...33 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...952 MB...28.11 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. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS COULD BE REQUIRED FOR A PORTIONOF THE AVALON PENINSULA IN NEWFOUNDLAND LATER TODAY. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK------------------------------AT 200 PM AST...1800 UTC...THE EYE OF HURRICANE OPHELIA WASLOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 62.9 WEST. OPHELIA ISMOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/H. ON THIS TRACK THECORE OF THE HURRICANE WILL PASS EAST OF BERMUDA LATER TODAY. ATURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST SHOULD BEGIN ON SUNDAY WITH AN INCREASEIN FORWARD SPEED. OPHELIA IS FORECAST TO BE NEAR AND TO THE SOUTHOF THE AVALON PENINSULA IN NEWFOUNDLAND ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/H...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. OPHELIA IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSONHURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELYTODAY...BUT A GRADUAL WEAKENING SHOULD BEGIN ON SUNDAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...65 KM...FROMTHE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205MILES...335 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 952 MB...28.11 INCHES. ADRIFTING BUOY NEAR THE EYE OF OPHELIA REPORTED A MINIMUM PRESSUREOF 959.7 MB...28.34 INCHES...A FEW HOURS AGO. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND----------------------WIND...TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON BERMUDA BY THISAFTERNOON. SURF...LARGE SWELLS CREATED BY OPHELIA WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS SURFCONDITIONS ALONG THE SOUTH-FACING 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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