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WTNT31 KNHC 120841
TCPAT1
 
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM PATTY ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL162012
500 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012
 
...PATTY DRIFTING SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD AND WEAKENING...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...25.1N 72.5W
ABOUT 230 MI...375 KM ENE OF THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...SSW OR 200 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PATTY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.5 WEST. PATTY IS
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/H.  A SLOW
MOVEMENT TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OR SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED
TODAY...FOLLOWED BY AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS LIKELY...AND PATTY COULD BECOME A
REMNANT LOW BY SATURDAY.
 
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
...TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN