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Tropical Storm NADINE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM NADINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  87A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142012
800 AM AST THU OCT 04 2012
 
...NADINE BECOMING ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...39.0N 27.2W
ABOUT 20 MI...30 KM NNW OF LAJES IN THE AZORES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 40 DEGREES AT 23 MPH...37 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB...29.29 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
 
IN THIS CASE...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY OCCURING SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.
 
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 39.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 27.2 WEST. NADINE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/H.  NADINE SHOULD
MOVE AWAY FROM THE AZORES DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NADINE IS LOSING ITS TROPICAL CYCLONE CHARACTERISTICS...AND
IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE LATER THIS
MORNING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.  
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON REPORTS FROM LAJES
IN THE AZORES IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.

 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM OR GALE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN THE AZORES
THIS MORNING.
 
RAINFALL...NADINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS 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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