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Hurricane PHILIPPE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT FRI SEP 23 2005

...PHILIPPE MOVING CLOSER TO BERMUDA...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 60.3 WEST OR ABOUT
295 MILES... 470 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
PHILIPPE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH
...30 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER... IF PHILIPPE
DOES NOT DECREASE ITS FORWARD SPEED AS FORECAST... THEN A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH OR WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR BERMUDA LATER THIS
MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. HOWEVER... PHILLIPE MAY BECOME ABSORBED BY A FRONTAL SYSTEM
LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA OR BY A LARGE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM LOCATED WELL SOUTH OF BERMUDA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM...MAINLY NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...30.5 N... 60.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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