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Tropical Storm BRET

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  • 18-07-2011 10:03am
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    maquiladora
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    BULLETIN
    TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER 3
    NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022011
    500 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2011

    ...BRET CENTERED JUST NORTHWEST OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND...EXPECTED TO
    BEGIN MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD LATER TODAY...


    SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
    LOCATION...27.2N 77.7W
    ABOUT 65 MI...105 KM NW OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND
    MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
    PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 90 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H
    MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 INCHES


    WATCHES AND WARNINGS
    CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

    NONE.

    SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

    A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
    * GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND AND THE ABACO ISLANDS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS

    A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
    EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE
    NEXT FEW HOURS.

    FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
    PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.


    DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
    AT 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS
    LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR
    LATITUDE 27.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.7 WEST. BRET IS MOVING TOWARD
    THE EAST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS
    EXPECTED LATER TODAY WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
    EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER
    OF BRET WILL BEGIN MOVING AWAY FROM THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS LATER
    TODAY.

    DATA FROM THE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM
    SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...WITH
    HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED IN THE
    NEXT 48 HOURS.

    TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM
    FROM THE CENTER.

    THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY THE AIRCRAFT WAS
    1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.


    HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
    RAINFALL...BRET COULD PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
    INCHES OVER THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.

    WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE ONGOING OR IMMINENT IN THE
    WARNING AREA. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER TODAY AS
    BRET BEGINS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.

    SURF...LOCALLY HIGH SURF CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG NORTHERN
    AND WESTERN FACING BEACHES IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS THROUGH TODAY.


    NEXT ADVISORY
    NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 AM EDT.
    NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM EDT.

    $$
    FORECASTER BRENNAN


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