Hurricane Omar

Public Advisory 16

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WTNT35 KNHC 170834
TCPAT5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008
500 AM AST FRI OCT 17 2008

...OMAR CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE
ATLANTIC...

AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 56.4 WEST OR ABOUT 670
MILES...1075 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...26.0 N...56.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.

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FORECASTER AVILA