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| #534603 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:38 AM 16.Aug.2012) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082012 500 AM AST THU AUG 16 2012 ...ANOTHER TROPICAL STORM FORMS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...32.2N 54.8W ABOUT 585 MI...940 KM E OF BERMUDA ABOUT 1615 MI...2600 KM W OF THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB...29.85 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. INTERESTS IN THE AZORES SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF GORDON. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.8 WEST. GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/H. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND THEN EAST IS FORECAST. THIS TRACK WILL KEEP THE CYCLONE MOVING OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. SATELLITE IMAGES SUGGEST THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND GORDON COULD BECOME A HURRICANE OVER THE WEEKEND. GORDON IS A SMALL CYCLONE. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO ONLY 25 MILES...35 KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE |
