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TROPICAL STORM COLIN ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL     AL042010
500 AM AST SUN AUG 08 2010
 
...COLIN MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD BERMUDA...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...30.7N 65.6W
ABOUT 120 MI...195 KM SSW OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 5 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1012 MB...29.88 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
NONE.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BERMUDA
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM COLIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.6 WEST. COLIN IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR.  A GRADUAL INCREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AND A FURTHER INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED
ON MONDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF COLIN WILL PASS
NEAR OR OVER BERMUDA LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH SOME
STRENGTHENING POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110
KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1012 MB...29.88 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER
BERMUDA TODAY.
 
STORM SURGE...COLIN IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND
LARGE AND BATTERING WAVES IN BERMUDA...PARTICULARLY ALONG
SOUTH-FACING BEACHES.
 
RAINFALL...COLIN IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN BERMUDA.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 AM AST.
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN
 
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