000 WTNT31 KNHC 071440 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM TOMAS ADVISORY NUMBER 39 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL212010 1100 AM AST SUN NOV 07 2010 ...TOMAS WEAKENING RAPIDLY...EXPECTED TO LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TODAY... SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...26.0N 69.6W ABOUT 525 MI...840 KM SW OF BERMUDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 5 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB...29.44 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM TOMAS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.6 WEST. TOMAS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR. A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST OR EAST-NORTHEAST WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND TOMAS IS EXPECTED TO LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS BY THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM FROM THE CENTER...PRIMARILY TO THE WEST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER CANGIALOSI