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Tropical Storm OTTO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM OTTO ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
4 PM EST WED DEC 01 2004

...OTTO CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD FAR OUT IN THE
ATLANTIC...

AT 4 PM EST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OTTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 49.9 WEST OR ABOUT 885
MILES...1425 KM... EAST OF BERMUDA.

OTTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH ... 9 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  OTTO IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 4 PM EST POSITION...30.7 N... 49.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 999 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 PM EST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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