Hurricane Two

Forecast Advisory 8

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WTNT32 KNHC 261438
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM OLGA ADVISORY NUMBER 8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST MON NOV 26 2001

...SUBTROPICAL STORM TWO BECOMES TROPICAL STORM OLGA...

SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS MORNING INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
HAS INCREASED AROUND THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM TWO...AND
THAT IT HAS BECOME TROPICAL STORM OLGA. AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE
CENTER OF OLGA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE
56.1 WEST OR ABOUT 515 MILES...830 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.

OLGA IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR. A
GENERAL NORTHWESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES OLGA IS TRYING TO FORM AN EYE...
AND IT COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 555 MILES
...890 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 979 MB...28.91 INCHES.

SHIP REPORTS INDICATE A VERY LARGE FIELD OF 12 FT OR GREATER SEAS IS
ASSOCIATED WITH OLGA. SWELLS FROM THE STORM ARE ALREADY REACHING
BERMUDA AND PORTIONS OF THE U. S. MID-ATLANTIC STATES. THESE
SWELLS WILL REACH THE ISLANDS OF THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN FROM
HISPANIOLA EASTWARD LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT...AND REACH THE BAHAMAS
AND THE REMAINDER OF THE EASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES OVER
THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...30.7 N... 56.1 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.

FORECASTER BEVEN