Issued at 1100 AM AST FRI OCT 07 2011 000WTNT32 KNHC 071441TCPAT2 BULLETINHURRICANE PHILIPPE ADVISORY NUMBER 54NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL1720111100 AM AST FRI OCT 07 2011 ...PHILIPPE BEGINS TO WEAKEN... SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION-----------------------------------------------LOCATION...29.9N 55.5WABOUT 575 MI...925 KM ESE OF BERMUDAMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 65 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB...28.94 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS--------------------THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK------------------------------AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE PHILIPPE WASLOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.5 WEST. PHILIPPE ISMOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/H...AND A TURNTOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH INCREASING FORWARDSPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...140KM/H... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. PHILIPPE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ONTHE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. ADDITIONAL SLOW WEAKENINGIS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND PHILIPPE IS FORECAST TOBECOME AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE BY SUNDAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROMTHE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105MILES...165 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND----------------------NONE NEXT ADVISORY-------------NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM AST. $$FORECASTER PASCH/ZELINSKY
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