000 WTNT35 KNHC 300835 TCPAT5 BULLETIN HURRICANE SHARY ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL202010 500 AM AST SAT OCT 30 2010 ...SHARY INTENSIFIES AS IT MOVES RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC OCEAN... SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...33.6N 59.4W ABOUT 325 MI...525 KM ENE OF BERMUDA ABOUT 965 MI...1550 KM SSW OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 60 DEGREES AT 35 MPH...56 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB...29.21 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SHARY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 59.4 WEST. SHARY IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH...56 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY UNTIL THE SYSTEM DISSIPATES BY LATE TOMORROW. MICROWAVE DATA INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SHARY IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE LATER TODAY...WITH SHARY LIKELY LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS EARLY TOMORROW. SHARY IS A SMALL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 10 MILES...20 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 989 MB...29.21 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE