000 WTNT31 KNHC 280847 TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER 28 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062010 500 AM AST SAT AUG 28 2010 ...DANIELLE WEAKENS TO A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...EXPECTED TO PASS EAST OF BERMUDA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT... SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...28.6N 61.0W ABOUT 340 MI...550 KM SE OF BERMUDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...950 MB...28.05 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * BERMUDA FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 61.0 WEST. DANIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK... THE CENTER OF DANIELLE IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL TO THE EAST OF BERMUDA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DANIELLE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 950 MB...28.05 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS MAY SPREAD OVER BERMUDA LATER TODAY. SURF...LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT BERMUDA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SWELLS FROM DANIELLE WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE ON THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES LATER TODAY. THESE SWELLS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 AM AST. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BRENNAN