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Tropical Storm PHILIPPE


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TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL172011
1100 PM AST SAT SEP 24 2011
 
...PHILIPPE NO THREAT TO LAND...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...11.6N 28.8W
ABOUT 370 MI...595 KM SW OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 28.8 WEST. 
PHILIPPE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20
KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON
SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND A SLIGHT
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS...AND PHILIPPE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY LATE MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BERG
 
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