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WTNT33 KNHC 240840
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM BILL ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL032009
500 AM AST MON AUG 24 2009

...BILL LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS DISCONTINUED ALL
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 48.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 50.2 WEST OR ABOUT 190 MILES...
305 KM...NORTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 43 MPH...69 KM/HR. AN
EAST-NORTHEAST MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.  EVEN THOUGH BILL IS NO LONGER A TROPICAL CYCLONE...IT IS
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A LARGE AREA OF STORM AND GALE FORCE WINDS OVER
THE NORTH ATLANTIC DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 315 MILES...510 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...48.6N 50.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...EAST-NORTHEAST OR 75 DEGREES AT 43 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE
FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.

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FORECASTER BROWN/ROBERTS