000 WTNT31 KNHC 112035 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM PATTY ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL162012 500 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...PATTY FORMS BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE SHORT LIVED... SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...25.8N 72.5W ABOUT 255 MI...415 KM NE OF THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...STATIONARY MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PATTY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.5 WEST. PATTY IS CURRENTLY STATIONARY BUT A SLOW MOVEMENT TO THE SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST OVERNIGHT WITH SOME WEAKENING LIKELY ON FRIDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM EDT. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE