000 WTNT34 KNHC 150851 TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE NADINE ADVISORY NUMBER 16 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142012 500 AM AST SAT SEP 15 2012 ...NADINE NOW MOVING NORTHEASTWARD BETWEEN BERMUDA AND THE AZORES... SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...30.7N 51.4W ABOUT 795 MI...1280 KM E OF BERMUDA ABOUT 1475 MI...2375 KM WSW OF THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 50 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...985 MB...29.09 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NADINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.4 WEST. NADINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE EAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH THIS MOTION CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NADINE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN