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TROPICAL STORM COLIN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  17A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL042010
200 AM AST SUN AUG 08 2010
 
...COLIN MOVING SLOWLY...BARELY A TROPICAL STORM...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 200 AM AST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.8N 65.6W
ABOUT 185 MI...300 KM SSW OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 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 200 AM AST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM COLIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.6 WEST. COLIN IS
MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR.  THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
CENTER OF COLIN IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR OR OVER BERMUDA LATE
TODAY OR TONIGHT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 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 LATER 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 COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN
 
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