000 WTNT33 KNHC 032339 TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIONA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 17A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082010 800 PM AST FRI SEP 03 2010 ...HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS FIONA WEAKER...NOW A TROPICAL DEPRESSION... SUMMARY OF 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...30.9N 65.2W ABOUT 100 MI...160 KM SSW OF BERMUDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1013 MB...29.91 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... THE BERMUDA WEATHER SERVICE HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR BERMUDA. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNING IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIONA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.2 WEST. FIONA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE DEPRESSION OR REMNANT LOW IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR OR EAST OF BERMUDA EARLY SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR ...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AND FIONA COULD DEGENERATE TO A REMNANT LOW TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING. THE LATEST CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 1013 MB...29.91 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- RAINFALL...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE ON BERMUDA. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER ROBERTS/BRENNAN