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TROPICAL STORM NADINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  83A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142012
800 AM AST WED OCT 03 2012
 
...WEAKENING NADINE HEADING TOWARD THE AZORES...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...34.9N 34.0W
ABOUT 445 MI...715 KM WSW OF THE AZORES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 90 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB...29.53 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...
* THE AZORES
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
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 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NADINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 34.0 WEST. NADINE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/H.  A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED BY TONIGHT.
NADINE SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF NADINE
SHOULD MOVE THROUGH OR NEAR THE AZORES LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY
THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  HOWEVER...NADINE IS EXPECTED TO LOSE
TROPICAL CYCLONE CHARACTERISTICS THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AZORES BY
TONIGHT.
 
RAINFALL...NADINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE AZORES
THROUGH THURSDAY.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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