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Hurricane PHILIPPE (Text)

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HURRICANE PHILIPPE ADVISORY NUMBER  53
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL172011
500 AM AST FRI OCT 07 2011
 
...PHILIPPE MOVING A LITTLE FASTER TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.6N 56.3W
ABOUT 535 MI...865 KM ESE OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH...150 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 65 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...978 MB...28.88 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 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE PHILIPPE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 56.3 WEST. PHILIPPE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/H...AND THIS
MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE TODAY WITH A TURN BACK TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  PHILIPPE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE 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...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90
MILES...150 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 978 MB...28.88 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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