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| #538891 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:47 PM 30.Aug.2012) TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE KIRK ADVISORY NUMBER 10 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112012 1100 PM AST THU AUG 30 2012 ...KIRK STRENGTHENS SOME MORE...ON THE VERGE OF TURNING NORTHWARD... SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...29.0N 50.7W ABOUT 870 MI...1395 KM ESE OF BERMUDA ABOUT 1495 MI...2405 KM WSW OF THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...160 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 335 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB...28.94 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KIRK WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 50.7 WEST. KIRK IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/H...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY AN ACCELERATION TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/H... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KIRK IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST ON FRIDAY...AND KIRK COULD NEAR MAJOR HURRICANE STRENGTH. WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO BEGIN BY LATE SATURDAY. HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN |
