000 WTNT35 KNHC 172031 TCPAT5 BULLETIN HURRICANE OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 18 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 500 PM AST FRI OCT 17 2008
...OMAR BRIEFLY REGAINS HURRICANE STATUS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC... AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 53.6 WEST OR ABOUT 660 MILES... 1065 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1580 MILES...2540 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES. OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH...46 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH OMAR HAS REGAINED CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE STRENGTH... THIS INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO BE SHORT-LIVED AND GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...31.2 N...53.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER STEWART ------------------------------------------------------------------ This information is provided as a public service from the National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov or http://hurricanes.gov PLEASE NOTE: Timely delivery of this email is NOT GUARANTEED. DISCLAIMER: http://www.weather.gov/disclaimer.php PRIVACY: http://www.weather.gov/privacy.php FEEDBACK: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to the "mail-storm-atlan" NHC Advisory Mailing List. To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/unsub/[EMAIL PROTECTED] You may also unsubscribe by sending an empty message to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To see the complete NHC email advisory web page, please visit: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/signup.shtml -- Posted By Breaking News to Break News at 10/17/2008 11:35:00 PM
