TROPICAL STORM BRET THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...
75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST...
AND BRET COULD WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY FRIDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
...TROPICAL STORM CINDY FORMS IN THE OPEN CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...35.2N 53.8W
ABOUT 665 MI...1065 KM ENE OF BERMUDA
ABOUT 1495 MI...2405 KM W OF THE AZORES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 50 DEGREES AT 24 MPH...39 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB...29.80 INCHES
Westkust Mexico
MAJOR HURRICANE DORA IS RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING. RECENT VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWS THAT AN EYE HAS FORMED WITH INTENSE CONVECTION IN THE EYEWALL AND OCCASIONAL HINTS OF MESOVORTICES WITHIN THE EYE. DVORAK ESTIMATES FROM TAFB AND SAB ARE 102 AND 90 KT RESPECTIVELY...WITH THE OBJECTIVE NUMBERS FROM UW-CIMSS AT 115 KT. A BLEND OF THESE
DATA GIVES AN INITIAL WIND SPEED OF 100 KT...MAKING DORA THE SECOND MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE 2011 EASTERN PACIFIC SEASON.
bron: National hurricane center
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