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Tropical Storm OTTO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM OTTO ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
4 AM EST THU DEC 02 2004

...OTTO MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD AND BECOMING LESS ORGANIZED 
OVER THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...
 
AT 4 AM EST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OTTO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  49.9 WEST OR 
ABOUT  900 MILES...1445 KM... EAST OF BERMUDA.
 
OTTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH NEAR  6 MPH... 9 KM/HR...AND A 
MOTION TO THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST IS EXPECTED TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  OTTO IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING
THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  50 MILES
... 85 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM EST POSITION...29.8 N... 49.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 10 AM EST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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