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Tropical Storm OMAR (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL152008
1100 AM AST SAT OCT 18 2008

...OMAR DEGENERATES TO A REMNANT LOW...
 
AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE REMNANT LOW...FORMER
TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.4 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 50.7 WEST OR ABOUT 820 MILES...1320 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA
AND ABOUT 1365 MILES...2195 KM...WEST OF THE AZORES.
 
OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  OMAR NO LONGER HAS ENOUGH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO BE
CONSIDERED A TROPICAL CYCLONE. THE REMNANT LOW IS EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...33.4 N...50.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE
FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.

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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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