Issued at 500 AM AST FRI OCT 07 2011 000WTNT32 KNHC 070839TCPAT2 BULLETINHURRICANE PHILIPPE ADVISORY NUMBER 53NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL172011500 AM AST FRI OCT 07 2011 ...PHILIPPE MOVING A LITTLE FASTER TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST... SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION----------------------------------------------LOCATION...29.6N 56.3WABOUT 535 MI...865 KM ESE OF BERMUDAMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH...150 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 65 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...978 MB...28.88 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS--------------------THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK------------------------------AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE PHILIPPE WASLOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 56.3 WEST. PHILIPPE ISMOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/H...AND THISMOTION SHOULD CONTINUE TODAY WITH A TURN BACK TOWARD THE NORTHEASTON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/H...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. PHILIPPE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSONHURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME GRADUAL WEAKENING SHOULD BEGIN TODAY...AND PHILLIPE IS FORECAST TO BECOME POST-TROPICAL IN A DAY OR TWO. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROMTHE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90MILES...150 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 978 MB...28.88 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND----------------------NONE NEXT ADVISORY-------------NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST. $$FORECASTER AVILA
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