000 WTNT32 KNHC 120846 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION GABRIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER 16 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072013 500 AM AST THU SEP 12 2013 ...LITTLE CHANGE IN GABRIELLE DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS... SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...33.5N 67.7W ABOUT 190 MI...300 KM WNW OF BERMUDA ABOUT 555 MI...895 KM SSE OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB...29.83 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.7 WEST. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH... 11 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED TONIGHT AND ON FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF GABRIELLE WILL CONTINUE MOVING AWAY FROM BERMUDA...REMAIN WELL OFFSHORE OF THE U.S. EAST COAST...AND APPROACH NOVA SCOTIA ON FRIDAY EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TODAY. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD RE-GAIN TROPICAL STORM STATUS. GABRIELLE IS FORECAST TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE WHEN IT NEARS NOVA SCOTIA LATE ON FRIDAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN