000 WTNT23 KNHC 291431 TCMAT3 TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182017 1500 UTC SUN OCT 29 2017 CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY... THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CUBA HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR CUBA. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 27.8N 77.5W AT 29/1500Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 25 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR 75 DEGREES AT 27 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 997 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT. 34 KT.......120NE 170SE 60SW 50NW. 12 FT SEAS.. 0NE 210SE 0SW 0NW. WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT. REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 27.8N 77.5W AT 29/1500Z AT 29/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 27.5N 78.9W FORECAST VALID 30/0000Z 32.5N 72.5W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP MAX WIND 50 KT...GUSTS 60 KT. 50 KT... 60NE 60SE 0SW 0NW. 34 KT...120NE 170SE 60SW 50NW. FORECAST VALID 30/1200Z...ABSORBED BY LARGER EXTRATROPICAL LOW REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 27.8N 77.5W NEXT ADVISORY AT 29/2100Z $$ FORECASTER STEWART