Post-Tropical Cyclone OPHELIA

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POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE OPHELIA ADVISORY NUMBER  44
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL162011
1100 AM AST MON OCT 03 2011
 
...OPHELIA BECOMES A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE...THIS IS THE LAST
ADVISORY...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...48.1N 52.0W
ABOUT 110 MI...175 KM NNE OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 60 DEGREES AT 37 MPH...59 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB...29.41 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE
AVALON PENINSULA.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
NONE
  
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE
OPHELIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 48.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 52.0 WEST.
THE CYCLONE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 37 MPH...
59 KM/H.  THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL DISSIPATION
IN A DAY OR SO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS...AND
THE CYCLONE IS FORECAST TO BE ABSORBED BY A COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 290 MILES...
465 KM...PRIMARILY EAST THROUGH SOUTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON OPHELIA.  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 BROWN
 
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