000 WTNT34 KNHC 112030 TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM SEAN ADVISORY NUMBER 15 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL192011 500 PM AST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...SEAN EXPECTED TO BECOME POST-TROPICAL BY TONIGHT... SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...35.5N 61.3W ABOUT 300 MI...480 KM NE OF BERMUDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 55 DEGREES AT 30 MPH...48 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB...29.26 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 WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SEAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 61.3 WEST. SEAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...48 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST BEFORE SEAN IS ABSORBED INTO A FRONTAL SYSTEM TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- SURF...SWELLS GENERATED BY SEAN ARE AFFECTING BERMUDA...CAUSING LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND RIP CURRENTS. THESE SWELLS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER CANGIALOSI