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Post-Tropical Cyclone DEBBY


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POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL042012
500 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012
 
...DEBBY LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...NOW A POST-TROPICAL
CYCLONE...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.5N 78.3W
ABOUT 180 MI...295 KM E OF ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 90 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB...29.62 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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SATELLITE DATA AND IMAGERY INDICATE THAT DEBBY HAS LOST TROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS AND IS NOW A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE.
 
AT 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF
POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE DEBBY WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5
NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.3 WEST. DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR
13 MPH...20 KM/H. A GENERAL EASTWARD MOTION WITH A TURN TOWARD THE
EAST-NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS
INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
GALE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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RAINFALL...RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH DEBBY WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH
ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY.  ADDITIONAL ISOLATED RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE LINGERING
RAIN BANDS...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE POST-TROPICAL
CYCLONE 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 KIMBERLAIN
 
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