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WTNT34 KNHC 140234
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BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM MARIA ADVISORY NUMBER  30
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142011
1100 PM AST TUE SEP 13 2011
 
...MARIA CONTINUES MOVING NORTHWARD...HAS NOT STRENGTHENED YET...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...23.5N 68.2W
ABOUT 310 MI...495 KM ENE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS
ABOUT 640 MI...1035 KM SSW OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB...29.62 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
NONE.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BERMUDA
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.2 WEST.  MARIA IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED.  A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON
THURSDAY WITH A FURTHER INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF MARIA WILL PASS WEST OF BERMUDA ON THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280
KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  NOAA DATA BUOY 41046...
LOCATED NOT FROM THE CENTER OF MARIA...RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH GUSTS TO 47 MPH...76 KM/H.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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RAINFALL...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
BERMUDA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
 
WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON BERMUDA BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...200 AM AST.
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH