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#443405 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:40 PM 21.Jul.2011) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER 17 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022011 500 PM AST THU JUL 21 2011 ...BRET ENCOUNTERING UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS... SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...34.2N 69.7W ABOUT 335 MI...540 KM E OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA ABOUT 310 MI...500 KM WNW OF BERMUDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 60 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.7 WEST. BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED UNTIL THE CYCLONE DISSIPATES IN A DAY OR TWO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT BRET HAS MOVED INTO AN AREA OF UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS...AND IT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION TONIGHT AND DISSIPATE COMPLETELY BY SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN |