BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE ADVISORY NUMBER 59
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL172011
500 PM AST SAT OCT 08 2011
...PHILIPPE QUICKLY LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...35.3N 46.0W
ABOUT 1080 MI...1740 KM W OF THE AZORES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 45 DEGREES AT 30 MPH...48 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB...29.35 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 46.0 WEST.
PHILIPPE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...48 KM/H...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. A TURN
TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 50 MPH...85 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
48 HOURS...AND PHILIPPE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING.
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST.
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