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WTNT32 KNHC 060848
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BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE ADVISORY NUMBER  49
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL172011
500 AM AST THU OCT 06 2011
 
...PHILIPPE ALMOST A HURRICANE...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...26.8N 60.6W
ABOUT 455 MI...735 KM SE OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 30 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB...29.26 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 AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.6 WEST. PHILIPPE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/H.  A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  PHILIPPE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
HURRICANE LATER TODAY BEFORE SLOW WEAKENING STARTS ON FRIDAY.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE