000
WTNT35 KNHC 180233
TCPAT5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL152008
1100 PM AST FRI OCT 17 2008

...OMAR AGAIN WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...
 
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 52.8 WEST OR ABOUT
705 MILES...1135 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1525 MILES...2455
KM...WEST OF THE AZORES.
 
OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...
100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  OMAR IS MOVING OVER COLDER SEA
SURFACE TEMPERATURES...AND ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 989 MB...29.21 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...31.5 N...52.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN