ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MITCH ADVISORY NUMBER 54 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 4 PM EST THU NOV 05 1998 ...MITCH LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS... AT 4 PM EST...2100Z...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FOR THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND FLORIDA KEYS. ALSO AT 4 PM EST...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS DISCONTINUED ITS TROPICAL STORM WARNING. SMALL CRAFT IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. OBSERVATIONS FROM THE HURRICANE HUNTERS AND SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE THAT MITCH HAS LOST ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BECOME EXTRATROPICAL. AT 4 PM EST...2100Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF THE EXTRATROPICAL STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 76.9 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LITTLE ABACO ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS AND ABOUT 785 MILES...1260 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA. MITCH IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 32 MPH...52 KM/HR... AND THIS DIRECTION OF MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A FURTHER INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. GALE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM...MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES. REPEATING THE 4 PM EST POSITION...28.2 N... 76.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 32 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED UNDER AFOS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC. RAPPAPORT NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY. NNNN