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WTNT35 KNHC 172031
TCPAT5
BULLETIN
HURRICANE OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL152008
500 PM AST FRI OCT 17 2008
 
...OMAR BRIEFLY REGAINS HURRICANE STATUS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC...

AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 53.6 WEST OR ABOUT 660 MILES...
1065 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1580 MILES...2540 KM...
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH...46 KM/HR.
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH OMAR HAS REGAINED CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE STRENGTH...
THIS INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO BE SHORT-LIVED AND GRADUAL WEAKENING
IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES...185 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...31.2 N...53.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER STEWART