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WTNT32 KNHC 071441
TCPAT2
 
BULLETIN
HURRICANE PHILIPPE ADVISORY NUMBER  54
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL172011
1100 AM AST FRI OCT 07 2011
 
...PHILIPPE BEGINS TO WEAKEN...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.9N 55.5W
ABOUT 575 MI...925 KM ESE OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 65 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB...28.94 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 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE PHILIPPE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.5 WEST.  PHILIPPE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/H...AND A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH INCREASING FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...140
KM/H... WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  PHILIPPE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  ADDITIONAL SLOW WEAKENING
IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND PHILIPPE IS FORECAST TO
BECOME AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE BY SUNDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105
MILES...165 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH/ZELINSKY