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WTNT33 KNHC 100842
TCPAT3
 
BULLETIN
HURRICANE MICHAEL ADVISORY NUMBER  29
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL132012
500 AM AST MON SEP 10 2012
 
...MICHAEL WEAKENS A LITTLE MORE...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...33.5N 45.2W
ABOUT 1065 MI...1715 KM W OF THE AZORES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 265 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB...29.15 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 HURRICANE MICHAEL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 45.2 WEST. MICHAEL IS
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/H. MICHAEL IS EXPECTED TO
TURN NORTHWESTWARD BY TONIGHT...AND THEN NORTHWARD OR
NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE DECREASED TO NEAR 80 MPH...130
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  MICHAEL IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST...
AND MICHAEL COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BY TONIGHT.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70
MILES...110 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 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 CANGIALOSI