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#47881 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:52 AM 23.Sep.2005) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE ADVISORY NUMBER 24 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT FRI SEP 23 2005 ...PHILIPPE MOVING CLOSER TO BERMUDA... AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 60.3 WEST OR ABOUT 295 MILES... 470 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. PHILIPPE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH ...30 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER... IF PHILIPPE DOES NOT DECREASE ITS FORWARD SPEED AS FORECAST... THEN A TROPICAL STORM WATCH OR WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR BERMUDA LATER THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER... PHILLIPE MAY BECOME ABSORBED BY A FRONTAL SYSTEM LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA OR BY A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED WELL SOUTH OF BERMUDA. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES ...140 KM...MAINLY NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...30.5 N... 60.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT. FORECASTER STEWART |