000 WTNT34 KNHC 031737 TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NADINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 84A NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142012 200 PM AST WED OCT 03 2012 ...NADINE MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE AZORES... SUMMARY OF 200 PM AST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...35.2N 32.5W ABOUT 360 MI...580 KM WSW OF THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 80 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...29 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB...29.53 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * THE AZORES A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 200 PM AST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NADINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 32.5 WEST. NADINE HAS INCREASED ITS FORWARD SPEED AND IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 18 MPH...29 KM/H. A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED SHOULD BEGIN LATER TODAY. THIS TRACK SHOULD BRING NADINE THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERN AZORES TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...BUT NADINE IS EXPECTED TO STILL BE A TROPICAL STORM WHEN THE CENTER MOVES NEAR OR OVER THE AZORES. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AZORES BY TONIGHT. RAINFALL...NADINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE AZORES THROUGH THURSDAY....PARTICULARLY THE CENTRAL AZORES. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER AVILA