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WTNT34 KNHC 021139
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HURRICANE IMELDA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 23A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092025
800 AM AST THU OCT 02 2025
...GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE OVER BERMUDA AS IMELDA MOVES QUICKLY AWAY
FROM THE ISLAND...
..EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL LATER TODAY
SUMMARY OF 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...32.9N 60.9W
ABOUT 230 MI...370 KM E OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 75 DEGREES AT 30 MPH...48 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...979 MB...28.91 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
NONE.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BERMUDA
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA, IN THIS CASE DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS
ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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AT 800 AM AST (1200 UTC), THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IMELDA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 60.9 WEST. IMELDA IS MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH (48 KM/H), AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A NORTHEASTWARD
MOTION IS THEN FORECAST ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ON THE FORECAST
TRACK, IMELDA WILL CONTINUE MOVING FARTHER AWAY FROM BERMUDA THIS
MORNING.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 80 MPH (130 KM/H)
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IMELDA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW
LATER TODAY, WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES (75 KM) FROM
THE CENTER AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 255
MILES (405 KM). THE L.F. WADE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON BERMUDA
RECENTLY REPORTED A GUST OF 44 MPH (71 KM/H).
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 979 MB (28.91 INCHES).
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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KEY MESSAGES FOR HURRICANE IMELDA CAN BE FOUND IN THE TROPICAL
CYCLONE DISCUSSION UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCDAT4 AND WMO HEADER
WTNT44 KNHC.
WIND: TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS, ARE EXPECTED
ON BERMUDA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
RAINFALL: LINGERING SHOWERS ACROSS BERMUDA COULD PRODUCE UP TO AN
INCH (25 MM) OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH TODAY.
SURF: SWELLS GENERATED BY IMELDA ARE AFFECTING THE BAHAMAS, BERMUDA,
AND MUCH OF THE U.S. EAST COAST. SWELLS FROM IMELDA WILL SPREAD
TOWARD THE GREATER ANTILLES AND NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS ON FRIDAY
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THESE SWELLS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS. PLEASE CONSULT
PRODUCTS FROM YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
A DEPICTION OF RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE UNITED STATES CAN BE FOUND
AT: HURRICANES.GOV/GRAPHICS_AT4.SHTML?RIPCURRENTS
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 AM AST.
FORECASTER REINHART
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