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| #534659 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:35 AM 16.Aug.2012) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082012 1100 AM AST THU AUG 16 2012 ...GORDON STRENGTHENING OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC OCEAN... SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...33.3N 53.8W ABOUT 640 MI...1035 KM E OF BERMUDA ABOUT 1535 MI...2470 KM W OF THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 45 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 53.8 WEST. GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/H. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AND THEN EAST IS FORECAST. THIS TRACK WILL KEEP THE CYCLONE MOVING OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE NORTH-CENTRAL ATLANTIC FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS... AND GORDON COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY THIS WEEKEND. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM... MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER STEWART |
