000 WTNT42 KNHC 090246 TCDAT2 POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE PHILIPPE DISCUSSION NUMBER 60 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL172011 1100 PM AST SAT OCT 08 2011 SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT PHILIPPE HAS MERGED WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND IS NOW A POST-TROPICAL/EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE. THE INITIAL WIND SPEED IS MAINTAINED AT 45 KT...ALTHOUGH THE MINIMUM PRESSURE WAS ADJUSTED LOWER BASED ON A 987.5 MB REPORT FROM DRIFTING BUOY 44878 ABOUT SIX HOURS AGO. THE POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND BECOME ABSORBED BY A LARGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BY DAY 4. THE STORM IS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 30 KT. THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED UNTIL THIS SYSTEM BECOMES ABSORBED. THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON PHILIPPE. FUTURE 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. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 09/0300Z 38.4N 43.9W 45 KT 50 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP 12H 09/1200Z 40.2N 42.3W 45 KT 50 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP 24H 10/0000Z 43.0N 40.0W 45 KT 50 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP 36H 10/1200Z 46.5N 36.5W 45 KT 50 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP 48H 11/0000Z 51.0N 32.5W 40 KT 45 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP 72H 12/0000Z 59.0N 25.0W 35 KT 40 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP 96H 13/0000Z...DISSIPATED $$ FORECASTER CANGIALOSI