Hurricane Omar

Public Advisory 15

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530
WTNT35 KNHC 170236
TCPAT5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 15
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008
1100 PM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...OMAR WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...

AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 58.1 WEST OR ABOUT 505
MILES...810 KM...NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND
ABOUT 715 MILES...1150 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR. A
GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH SOME DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...
110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...23.8 N...58.1 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.

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FORECASTER BEVEN