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WTNT31 KNHC 062342
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
HURRICANE TOMAS SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL     AL212010
800 PM AST SAT NOV 06 2010
 
...TOMAS REGAINS HURRICANE STRENGTH AS IT MOVES INTO THE OPEN
ATLANTIC...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...25.0N 69.7W
ABOUT 260 MI...415 KM NNE OF GRAND TURK ISLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...986 MB...29.12 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 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE TOMAS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.7 WEST. TOMAS IS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR. A DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AND THEN TOWARD THE EAST ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. 
 
DATA FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. TOMAS IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS. 
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 100
MILES...160 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON DATA FROM THE NOAA
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 986 MB...29.12 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN/BROWN