000 WTNT34 KNHC 040318 TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NADINE ADVISORY NUMBER 86 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142012 1100 PM AST WED OCT 03 2012 ...NADINE ACCELERATING NORTHEASTWARD... ...TROPICAL STORM OR GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AZORES TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...37.4N 30.3W ABOUT 185 MI...300 KM WSW OF THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 35 DEGREES AT 24 MPH...39 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 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 12 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NADINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 30.3 WEST. NADINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH...39 KM/H...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...NADINE SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERN AZORES LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME GRADUAL WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE...AND NADINE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A REMNANT LOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM FROM THE CENTER. A SHIP LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF NADINE RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 40 MPH...65 KM/H. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM OR GALE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AZORES BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. RAINFALL...NADINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE AZORES THROUGH THURSDAY....PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AZORES. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...200 AM AST. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER STEWART