1WTNT35 KNHC 141442 2TCPAT5 3BULLETIN 4TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 5 5NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 61100 AM AST TUE OCT 14 2008 7 8...DEPRESSION IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA STRENGTHENS INTO 9TROPICAL STORM OMAR... 10 11A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE 12U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND THE EXTREME 13EASTERN PORTION OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM ISLA SAONA TO CABO 14ENGANO. 15 16A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE 17ISLANDS OF ST. MARTIN...ST. EUSTATIUS...AND SABA. 18 19FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 20INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 21BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 22 23AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS 24LOCATED BY SATELLITE AND RADAR DATA FROM CURACAO TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 2514.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.0 WEST OR ABOUT 355 MILES...570 KM... 26SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO AND ABOUT 125 MILES... 27200 KM...NORTH OF CURACAO. 28 29OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 2 MPH...4 KM/HR. A 30GRADUAL TURN TO THE EAST AND THEN NORTHEAST IS FORECAST TODAY... 31WITH A SLOW INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. 32 33MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR. GRADUAL 34STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 35 36TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES... 37110 KM...MAINLY EAST THROUGH SOUTH OF THE CENTER. 38 39THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. 40 41OMAR MAY PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER 42PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 4312 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 44AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN AND 45NORTH CENTRAL VENEZUELA AND THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA PENINSULA. THESE 46RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 47 48REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...14.0 N...69.0 W. MOVEMENT 49TOWARD...EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 2 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 50MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. 51 52AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 53CENTER AT 200 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 54PM AST. 55 56$$ 57FORECASTER STEWART 58 59 60WTNT35 KNHC 141755 61TCPAT5 62BULLETIN 63TROPICAL STORM OMAR INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A 64NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 65200 PM AST TUE OCT 14 2008 66 67...OMAR STRENGTHENS AS IT LASHES ARUBA...CURACAO...AND BONAIRE... 68WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL... 69 70A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE 71U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND THE EXTREME 72EASTERN PORTION OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM ISLA SAONA TO CABO 73ENGANO. 74 75A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE 76ISLANDS OF ST. MARTIN...ST. EUSTATIUS...AND SABA. 77 78FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 79INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 80BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 81 82AT 200 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS 83LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT TO BE 84NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.9 WEST OR ABOUT 375 85MILES...600 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO AND ABOUT 86110 MILES...180 KM...NORTH OF CURACAO. 87 88OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR. A GRADUAL 89TURN TO THE EAST IS FORECAST TO OCCUR LATER TODAY...WITH A GRADUAL 90INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST EXPECTED ON 91WEDNESDAY. 92 93MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...83 KM/HR. HOWEVER...THE 94RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT HAS NOT COMPLETED ITS INVESTIGATION OF 95OMAR...AND THE TROPICAL STORM COULD BE STRONGER. ADDITIONAL 96STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 97 98TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES... 99110 KM...MAINLY EAST THROUGH SOUTH OF THE CENTER. A WIND GUST TO 10043 MPH...63 KM/HR...WAS RECENTLY REPORTED ON CURACAO. 101 102THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 989 MB...29.20 INCHES. 103 104OMAR MAY PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER 105PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10612 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 107AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN AND 108NORTH CENTRAL VENEZUELA AND THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA PENINSULA. THESE 109RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 110 111REPEATING THE 200 PM AST POSITION...13.8 N...68.9 W. MOVEMENT 112TOWARD...SOUTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 113MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB. 114 115THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 116AT 500 PM AST. 117 118$$ 119FORECASTER STEWART 120 121 122WTNT35 KNHC 142032 123TCPAT5 124BULLETIN 125TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 6 126NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 127500 PM AST TUE OCT 14 2008 128 129...OMAR RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES TO NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH... 130...HURRICANE WATCHES AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ISSUED... 131 132AT 5 PM AST...2100 UTC...A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM 133WARNING HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN 134ISLANDS. 135 136AT 5 PM AST...THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...ANTIGUA 137AND BARBUDA...AND FRANCE...HAVE ALSO ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH AND A 138TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE 139ISLANDS OF ANGUILLA...ST. KITTS...NEVIS...SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS... 140ST. MAARTEN...ST. MARTIN...AND ST. BARTHELEMY. 141 142AT 5 PM AST...THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA HAS ISSUED A 143TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE ISLAND OF MONTSERRAT. 144 145AT 5 PM AST...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS 146DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF 147THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 148 149FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 150INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 151BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 152 153AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS 154LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT TO BE 155NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.5 WEST OR ABOUT 345 156MILES...550 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO AND ABOUT 157120 MILES...195 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF CURACAO. 158 159OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR. 160A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS FORECAST TO OCCUR LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY 161WEDNESDAY...WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED BY 162WEDNESDAY EVENING AND ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY. ON THE FORECAST 163TRACK...OMAR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE PASS OVER OR NEAR THE NORTHERN 164LEEWARD ISLANDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 165 166MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 167GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 168HOURS AND OMAR COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT OR ON 169WEDNESDAY. 170 171TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM 172...MAINLY EAST THROUGH SOUTH OF THE CENTER. 173 174THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT 175DATA IS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES. 176 177OMAR MAY PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER 178PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 17912 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 180AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN AND 181NORTH CENTRAL VENEZUELA AND THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA PENINSULA. TOTAL 182RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 183INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN 184LEEWARD ISLANDS...ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. THESE RAINS COULD 185PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 186 187OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEST- 188AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF ALL OF THE ISLANDS OF THE LESSER 189ANTILLES. THESE PROLONGED SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND 190DAMAGE TO COASTAL STRUCTURES. 191 192REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...14.0 N...68.5 W. MOVEMENT 193TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 194MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...982 MB. 195 196AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 197CENTER AT 800 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 198PM AST. 199 200$$ 201FORECASTER STEWART 202 203 204WTNT35 KNHC 142352 205TCPAT5 206BULLETIN 207TROPICAL STORM OMAR INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A 208NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 209800 PM AST TUE OCT 14 2008 210 211...OMAR LIKELY TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT... 212 213A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR 214PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THIS MEANS THAT TROPICAL 215STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND THAT 216HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. 217 218A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE ALSO IN EFFECT 219FOR THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ISLANDS OF ANGUILLA...ST. 220KITTS...NEVIS...SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. MAARTEN/MARTIN...AND ST. 221BARTHELEMY. 222 223A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF MONTSERRAT. 224THIS MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE 225NEXT 36 HOURS. 226 227FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR 228PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 229 230AT 800 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS 231LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.3 WEST OR ABOUT 335 232MILES...540 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. 233 234OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR. 235A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS FORECAST TO OCCUR LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY 236WEDNESDAY...WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THE 237FORECAST TRACK...OMAR WOULD MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN LEEWARD 238ISLANDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 239 240MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 241GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND 242OMAR IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT OR ON 243WEDNESDAY. 244 245TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM 246...MAINLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CENTER. 247 248THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES. 249 250OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES 251OVER PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 25212 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 253AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN AND 254NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA AND THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA PENINSULA. TOTAL 255RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 256INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN 257LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 258FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 259 260OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEST- 261AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF ALL OF THE ISLANDS OF THE LESSER 262ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE TO 263COASTAL STRUCTURES. 264 265REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...14.1 N...68.3 W. MOVEMENT 266TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 267MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB. 268 269THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 2701100 PM AST. 271 272$$ 273FORECASTER FRANKLIN 274 275 276WTNT35 KNHC 150248 277TCPAT5 278BULLETIN 279HURRICANE OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 7 280NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 2811100 PM AST TUE OCT 14 2008 282 283...OMAR BECOMES A HURRICANE...NEW WARNINGS ISSUED... 284 285AT 11 PM AST...0300 UTC...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 286THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. 287 288AT 11 PM AST...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ST. 289MARTIN/MAARTEN...SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. BARTHELEMY...THE BRITISH 290VIRGIN ISLANDS...ANGUILLA...ST. KITTS...AND NEVIS...BY THEIR 291RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS. 292 293AT 11 PM AST...THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM 294WARNING FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND MONTSERRAT. 295 296A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 297PUERTO RICO. A HURRICANE WARNING COULD BE REQUIRED FOR PUERTO RICO 298WEDNESDAY MORNING. 299 300FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 301INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 302BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 303 304AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 305NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.1 WEST OR ABOUT 315 MILES... 306505 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. 307 308OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR...AND THIS 309MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD 310SPEED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...OMAR WOULD 311MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 312 313MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 314GUSTS. OMAR IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON 315SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 31636 HOURS. 317 318HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM 319THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 320MILES...150 KM. 321 322THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 979 MB...28.91 INCHES. 323 324OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES 325OVER PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 32612 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 327AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN AND 328NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA AND THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA PENINSULA. TOTAL 329RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 330INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN 331LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 332FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 333 334COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1-2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 335LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 336EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN 337ADDITION...OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL 338AFFECT THE WEST- AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE 339ISLANDS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH 340EROSION AND DAMAGE TO COASTAL STRUCTURES. 341 342REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...14.3 N...68.1 W. MOVEMENT 343TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH. 344MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...979 MB. 345 346AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 347CENTER AT 200 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 348AM AST. 349 350$$ 351FORECASTER FRANKLIN 352 353 354WTNT35 KNHC 150600 355TCPAT5 356BULLETIN 357HURRICANE OMAR INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A 358NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 359200 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008 360 361...OMAR CONTINUES MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD... 362 363A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE 364ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. 365 366A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN... 367SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. BARTHELEMY...THE BRITISH 368VIRGIN ISLANDS...ANGUILLA...ST. KITTS...AND NEVIS. 369 370A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 371WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO 372PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. 373 374A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND 375MONTSERRAT. 376 377A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE 378EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 379 380A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 381PUERTO RICO. 382 383A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE 384WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. 385 386A HURRICANE WARNING COULD BE REQUIRED FOR PUERTO RICO WEDNESDAY 387MORNING. 388 389FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 390INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 391BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 392 393AT 200 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 394NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.0 WEST OR ABOUT 310 395MILES...495 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. 396 397OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR...AND THIS 398MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD 399SPEED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...OMAR WOULD 400MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT. 401 402MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 403GUSTS. OMAR IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON 404SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 40536 HOURS. 406 407HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM 408THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 409MILES...150 KM. 410 411THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE 412REPORTS IS 984 MB...29.06 INCHES. 413 414OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES 415OVER PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 41612 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 417AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN AND 418NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA AND THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA PENINSULA. TOTAL 419RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 420INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN 421LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 422FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 423 424COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1-2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 425LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 426EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN 427ADDITION...OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL 428AFFECT THE WEST- AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE 429ISLANDS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH 430EROSION AND DAMAGE TO COASTAL STRUCTURES. 431 432REPEATING THE 200 AM AST POSITION...14.4 N...68.0 W. MOVEMENT 433TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH. 434MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...984 MB. 435 436THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL 437HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM AST. 438 439$$ 440FORECASTER PASCH 441 442 443WTNT35 KNHC 150842 444TCPAT5 445BULLETIN 446HURRICANE OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 8 447NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 448500 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008 449 450...OMAR CONTINUES SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD...EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN... 451 452A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE 453ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. 454 455A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN... 456SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. BARTHELEMY...THE BRITISH VIRGIN 457ISLANDS...ANGUILLA...ST. KITTS...AND NEVIS. 458 459A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 460WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO 461PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. 462 463A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND 464MONTSERRAT. 465 466A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE 467EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 468 469A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 470PUERTO RICO. 471 472A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE 473WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. 474 475A HURRICANE WARNING COULD BE REQUIRED FOR PUERTO RICO LATER TODAY. 476 477FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 478INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 479BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 480 481AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 482NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.7 WEST OR ABOUT 285 MILES... 483455 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. 484 485OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND THIS 486MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD 487SPEED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...OMAR WOULD 488MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT AND EARLY 489THURSDAY. 490 491MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 492GUSTS. OMAR IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON 493SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 494 495HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM 496THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 497MILES...165 KM. 498 499THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM AIR FORCE 500HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES. 501 502OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES 503OVER PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 50412 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 505AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN AND 506NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA AND THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA PENINSULA. TOTAL 507RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 508INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN 509LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 510FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 511 512COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1-2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 513LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 514EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN 515ADDITION...OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL 516AFFECT THE WEST- AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE 517ISLANDS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH 518EROSION AND DAMAGE TO COASTAL STRUCTURES. 519 520REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...14.6 N...67.7 W. MOVEMENT 521TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH. 522MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...985 MB. 523 524AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 525CENTER AT 800 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 526AM AST. 527 528$$ 529FORECASTER PASCH 530 531 532WTNT35 KNHC 151145 533TCPAT5 534BULLETIN 535HURRICANE OMAR INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A 536NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 537800 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008 538 539...OMAR STRENGTHENS SLIGHTLY AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY 540NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA... 541 542A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE 543ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. 544 545A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN... 546SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. BARTHELEMY...THE BRITISH VIRGIN 547ISLANDS...ANGUILLA...ST. KITTS...AND NEVIS. 548 549A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 550WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO 551PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. 552 553A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND 554MONTSERRAT. 555 556A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE 557EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 558 559A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 560PUERTO RICO. 561 562A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE 563WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. 564 565A HURRICANE WARNING COULD BE REQUIRED FOR PUERTO RICO LATER TODAY. 566 567FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 568INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 569BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 570 571AT 800 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 572NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.5 WEST OR ABOUT 265 573MILES...425 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ST. CROIX AND ABOUT 265 MILES... 574425 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. 575 576OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND THIS 577MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD 578SPEED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...OMAR WOULD 579MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY 580THURSDAY. 581 582REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT 583INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 80 MPH... 584130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON 585THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST 586DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND OMAR COULD BE A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE 587BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. 588 589HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM 590THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 591MILES...165 KM. DURING THE PAST HOUR...A NOAA BUOY LOCATED JUST 592NORTH OF THE EYE OF OMAR REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 58 MPH...94 KM/HR. 593 594THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM AIR FORCE 595HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS IS 984 MB...29.06 INCHES. 596 597OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES 598OVER PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 59912 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 600AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN AND 601NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA AND THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA PENINSULA. TOTAL 602RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 603INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN 604LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 605FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 606 607COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 608LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 609EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN ADDITION... 610OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEST- 611AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE ISLANDS OF THE 612LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE 613TO COASTAL STRUCTURES. 614 615REPEATING THE 800 AM AST POSITION...14.9 N...67.5 W. MOVEMENT 616TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH. 617MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...984 MB. 618 619THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 620AT 1100 AM AST. 621 622$$ 623FORECASTER STEWART 624 625 626 627000 628 629WTNT35 KNHC 151449 630TCPAT5 631BULLETIN 632HURRICANE OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 9 633NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 6341100 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008 635 636...OMAR STRENGTHENING OVER THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA... 637...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO LASH ARUBA...BONAIRE...AND CURACAO... 638 639A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE 640ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. 641 642A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN... 643SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. BARTHELEMY...THE BRITISH VIRGIN 644ISLANDS...ANGUILLA...ST. KITTS...AND NEVIS. 645 646A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 647WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO 648PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. 649 650A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND 651MONTSERRAT. 652 653A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE 654EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 655 656A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 657PUERTO RICO. 658 659A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE 660WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. 661 662A HURRICANE WARNING COULD BE REQUIRED FOR PUERTO RICO LATER TODAY. 663 664FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 665INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 666BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 667 668AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 669BY SATELLITE AND NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 15.2 670NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.2 WEST OR ABOUT 235 MILES...380 KM...SOUTHWEST 671OF ST. CROIX AND ABOUT 235 MILES...375 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN 672JUAN PUERTO RICO. 673 674OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS 675MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD 676SPEED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THIS TRACK...OMAR IS FORECAST TO 677MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY 678THURSDAY. 679 680MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 681GUSTS. OMAR IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON 682SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 683HOURS...AND OMAR SHOULD BE A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT 684REACHES THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. ALSO...STRONGER WINDS... 685ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE LIKELY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. 686 687HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM 688THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 689MILES...185 KM. DURING THE PAST HOUR...NOAA BUOY 42059 LOCATED JUST 690NORTHWEST OF THE EYE OF OMAR REPORTED A 1-MINUTE SUSTAINED WIND OF 69164 MPH...104 KM/HR...AND A WIND GUST TO 78 MPH...126 KM/HR. 692 693THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES. 694 695OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES 696OVER PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 69712 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 698AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN AND 699NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA AND THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA PENINSULA. TOTAL 700RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 701INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN 702LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 703FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 704 705COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 706LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 707EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN ADDITION... 708OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEST- 709AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE ISLANDS OF THE 710LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE 711TO COASTAL STRUCTURES. 712 713REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...15.2 N...67.2 W. MOVEMENT 714TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH. 715MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...982 MB. 716 717AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 718CENTER AT 200 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 719PM AST. 720 721$$ 722FORECASTER STEWART 723 724 725 726 727WTNT35 KNHC 151759 728TCPAT5 729BULLETIN 730HURRICANE OMAR INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A 731NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 732200 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008 733 734...OMAR GETTING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE 735NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS... 736 737AT 200 PM AST...1800 UTC... THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 738HAS REPLACED THE HURRICANE WARNING WITH A HURRICANE WATCH AND A 739TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. 740 741A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 742AND THE ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. 743 744A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN... 745SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. BARTHELEMY...THE BRITISH VIRGIN 746ISLANDS...AND ANGUILLA. 747 748A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 749WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO 750PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. 751 752A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND 753MONTSERRAT. 754 755A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE 756EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 757 758A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 759PUERTO RICO. 760 761A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE 762WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. 763 764AT 200 PM AST...THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM 765WATCH FOR GUADELOUPE. 766 767A HURRICANE WARNING COULD BE REQUIRED FOR PUERTO RICO LATER TODAY. 768 769FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 770INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 771BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 772 773AT 200 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 774BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT TO BE NEAR 775LATITUDE 15.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.6 WEST OR ABOUT 235 MILES...380 776KM...SOUTHWEST OF ST. CROIX AND ABOUT 235 MILES...375 KM... 777SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. 778 779OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR. A 780GRADUAL TURN BACK TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS FORECAST TO OCCUR LATER 781TODAY...WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 782DAY OR TWO. ON THIS TRACK...OMAR IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE 783NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. 784 785DATA FROM A HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 786WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS A 787CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL 788STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND OMAR 789SHOULD BE A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE 790NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. ALSO...STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN 791GUSTS...ARE LIKELY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. 792 793HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM 794THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 795MILES...185 KM. DURING THE PAST HOUR...NOAA BUOY 42059 LOCATED JUST 796NORTHWEST OF THE EYE OF OMAR REPORTED A 1-MINUTE SUSTAINED WIND OF 79764 MPH...104 KM/HR...AND A WIND GUST TO 78 MPH...126 KM/HR. 798 799THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM HURRICANE HUNTER 800AIRCRAFT DATA IS 978 MB...28.88 INCHES. 801 802OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES 803OVER PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 80412 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 805AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN AND 806NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA AND THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA PENINSULA. TOTAL 807RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 808INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN 809LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 810FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 811 812COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 813LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 814EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN ADDITION... 815OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEST- 816AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE ISLANDS OF THE 817LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE 818TO COASTAL STRUCTURES. 819 820REPEATING THE 200 PM AST POSITION...15.3 N...66.6 W. MOVEMENT 821TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 822MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...978 MB. 823 824THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 825AT 500 PM AST. 826 827$$ 828FORECASTER STEWART 829 830 831 832 833WTNT35 KNHC 151816 834TCPAT5 835BULLETIN 836HURRICANE OMAR INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A...CORRECTED 837NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 838200 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008 839 840CORRECTED POSITION LATITUDE IN MAIN BODY AND REPEAT SECTION 841 842...OMAR GETTING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE 843NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS... 844 845AT 200 PM AST...1800 UTC... THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 846HAS REPLACED THE HURRICANE WARNING WITH A HURRICANE WATCH AND A 847TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. 848 849A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 850AND THE ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. 851 852A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN... 853SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. BARTHELEMY...THE BRITISH VIRGIN 854ISLANDS...AND ANGUILLA. 855 856A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 857WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO 858PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. 859 860A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND 861MONTSERRAT. 862 863A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE 864EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 865 866A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 867PUERTO RICO. 868 869A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE 870WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. 871 872AT 200 PM AST...THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM 873WATCH FOR GUADELOUPE. 874 875A HURRICANE WARNING COULD BE REQUIRED FOR PUERTO RICO LATER TODAY. 876 877FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 878INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 879BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 880 881AT 200 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 882BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT TO BE NEAR 883LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.6 WEST OR ABOUT 195 MILES...310 884KM...SOUTHWEST OF ST. CROIX AND ABOUT 205 MILES...330 KM...SOUTH OF 885SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. 886 887OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR. A 888GRADUAL TURN BACK TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS FORECAST TO OCCUR LATER 889TODAY...WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 890DAY OR TWO. ON THIS TRACK...OMAR IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE 891NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. 892 893DATA FROM A HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 894WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS A 895CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL 896STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND OMAR 897SHOULD BE A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE 898NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. ALSO...STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN 899GUSTS...ARE LIKELY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. 900 901HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM 902THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 903MILES...185 KM. DURING THE PAST HOUR...NOAA BUOY 42059 LOCATED JUST 904NORTHWEST OF THE EYE OF OMAR REPORTED A 1-MINUTE SUSTAINED WIND OF 90564 MPH...104 KM/HR...AND A WIND GUST TO 78 MPH...126 KM/HR. 906 907THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM HURRICANE HUNTER 908AIRCRAFT DATA IS 978 MB...28.88 INCHES. 909 910OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES 911OVER PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 91212 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 913AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN AND 914NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA AND THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA PENINSULA. TOTAL 915RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 916INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN 917LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 918FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 919 920COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 921LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 922EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN ADDITION... 923OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEST- 924AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE ISLANDS OF THE 925LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE 926TO COASTAL STRUCTURES. 927 928REPEATING THE 200 PM AST POSITION...15.5 N...66.6 W. MOVEMENT 929TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 930MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...978 MB. 931 932THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 933AT 500 PM AST. 934 935$$ 936FORECASTER STEWART 937 938 939 940 941WTNT35 KNHC 152044 942TCPAT5 943BULLETIN 944HURRICANE OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 10 945NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 946500 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008 947 948...OMAR CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES CLOSER TO THE NORTHERN 949LEEWARD ISLANDS... 950...HEAVY RAINBANDS ALREADY AFFECTING THE VIRGIN ISLANDS... 951 952A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE 953ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. 954 955A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN... 956SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. BARTHELEMY...THE BRITISH VIRGIN 957ISLANDS...AND ANGUILLA. 958 959A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 960WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO 961PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. 962 963A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 964PUERTO RICO...AND ALSO FOR THE ISLANDS OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. 965 966A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE 967WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE..WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 968 969A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND 970MONTSERRAT. 971 972A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE 973EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 974 975A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUADELOUPE. 976 977FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 978INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 979BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 980 981AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 982BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR 983LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.1 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES... 984245 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ST. CROIX AND ABOUT 175 MILES...280 KM... 985SOUTH OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. 986 987OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR. A 988GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 989DAY OR TWO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...OMAR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE 990THROUGH THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY 991THURSDAY. 992 993DATA FROM A HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 994WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 995GUSTS. OMAR IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON 996SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 997HOURS...AND OMAR SHOULD BE A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT 998REACHES THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. ALSO...STRONGER WINDS... 999ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE LIKELY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. 1000 1001HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM 1002THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 1003MILES...185 KM. 1004 1005THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY A HURRICANE HUNTER 1006AIRCRAFT WAS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES. 1007 1008OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES 1009OVER PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 101012 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 1011AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA 1012PENINSULA. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM 1013AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND 1014THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE 1015LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 1016 1017COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 1018LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 1019EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN ADDITION... 1020OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEST- 1021AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE ISLANDS OF THE 1022LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE 1023TO COASTAL STRUCTURES. 1024 1025REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...15.9 N...66.1 W. MOVEMENT 1026TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH. 1027MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...973 MB. 1028 1029AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 1030CENTER AT 800 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 1031PM AST. 1032 1033$$ 1034FORECASTER STEWART 1035 1036 1037 1038 1039000 1040 1041WTNT35 KNHC 152350 1042TCPAT5 1043BULLETIN 1044HURRICANE OMAR INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 10A 1045NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1046800 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008 1047 1048...OMAR BECOMES CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...MOVING QUICKLY 1049NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE VIRGIN AND NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS... 1050 1051A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE 1052ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN 1053EFFECT FOR ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN...SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. 1054BARTHELEMY...THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND ANGUILLA. A 1055HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 1056WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO 1057PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. 1058 1059A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 1060PUERTO RICO...AND ALSO FOR THE ISLANDS OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. 1061 1062A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE 1063WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE..WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 1064 1065A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND 1066MONTSERRAT. 1067 1068A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE 1069EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 1070 1071A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUADELOUPE. 1072 1073FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 1074INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 1075BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 1076 1077AT 800 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 1078BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT AND NATIONAL 1079WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 16.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108065.2 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES...130 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ST. CROIX 1081AND ABOUT 135 MILES...215 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO 1082RICO. 1083 1084OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR. A 1085GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 1086DAY OR TWO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...OMAR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE 1087THROUGH THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE 1088TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. 1089 1090REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT 1091INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH... 1092170 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE 1093ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST 1094DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND OMAR IS EXPECTED TO BE A STRONG 1095CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE NORTHERN LEEWARD 1096ISLANDS. ALSO... STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE LIKELY 1097OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. 1098 1099HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM 1100THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 1101MILES...185 KM. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE BEGINNING TO SPREAD 1102INTO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND SHOULD SPREAD OVER THE LEEWARD ISLAND 1103DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 1104 1105THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE 1106HUNTER WAS 971 MB...28.67 INCHES. 1107 1108OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES 1109OVER PORTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 111012 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM 1111AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GUAJIRA 1112PENINSULA. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM 1113AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND 1114THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE 1115LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 1116 1117COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 1118LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 1119EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN ADDITION... 1120OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEST- 1121AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE ISLANDS OF THE 1122LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE 1123TO COASTAL STRUCTURES. 1124 1125REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...16.6 N...65.2 W. MOVEMENT 1126TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. 1127MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...971 MB. 1128 1129THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL 1130HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. 1131 1132$$ 1133FORECASTER BEVEN 1134 1135 1136 1137 1138WTNT35 KNHC 160306 1139TCPAT5 1140BULLETIN 1141HURRICANE OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 11 1142NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 11431100 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008 1144 1145...OMAR BECOMES A MAJOR HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES THE VIRGIN AND 1146NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS... 1147 1148A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE 1149ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN 1150EFFECT FOR ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN...SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. 1151BARTHELEMY...THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND ANGUILLA. A 1152HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 1153WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO 1154PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. 1155 1156A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 1157PUERTO RICO...AND ALSO FOR THE ISLANDS OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. 1158 1159A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE 1160WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE..WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 1161 1162A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND 1163MONTSERRAT. 1164 1165A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE 1166EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 1167 1168A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUADELOUPE. 1169 1170FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 1171INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 1172BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 1173 1174AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 1175NEAR LATITUDE 17.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.5 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES... 117645 KM...SOUTHEAST OF ST. CROIX AND ABOUT 105 MILES...165 KM... 1177WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ST. MARTIN. 1178 1179OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND 1180THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 1181DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF OMAR WILL PASS JUST 1182EAST OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND NEAR THE 1183NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 1184 1185REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE 1186THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 115 MPH... 1187185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS NOW A CATEGORY THREE 1188HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL 1189STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS OMAR MOVES THROUGH THE 1190NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. 1191 1192HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM 1193THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 1194MILES...185 KM. ST. CROIX RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 1195MPH...63 KM/HR...WITH A WIND GUST OF 59 MPH...94 KM/HR. 1196 1197THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER 1198IS 967 MB...28.56 INCHES. 1199 1200OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 1201INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE 1202ACROSS THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN ISLANDS... 1203VIEQUES...AND CULEBRA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 1204INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 1205FOR PUERTO RICO. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 1206FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 1207 1208COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 1209LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 1210EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. COASTAL STORM 1211SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH 1212LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE 1213COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. IN ADDITION...OMAR 1214IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEST- AND 1215SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE ISLANDS OF THE LESSER 1216ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE TO 1217COASTAL STRUCTURES. 1218 1219REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...17.4 N...64.5 W. MOVEMENT 1220TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. 1221MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...967 MB. 1222 1223INTERMEDIATES ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 1224CENTER AT 100 AM AND 300 AM AST...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 1225ADVISORY AT 500 AM AST. 1226 1227$$ 1228FORECASTER BEVEN 1229 1230 1231 1232 1233WTNT35 KNHC 160500 1234TCPAT5 1235BULLETIN 1236HURRICANE OMAR INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 11A 1237NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1238100 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008 1239 1240...OMAR CROSSING THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS WITH 120 MPH WINDS.... 1241 1242A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE 1243ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN 1244EFFECT FOR ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN...SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. 1245BARTHELEMY...THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND ANGUILLA. A 1246HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 1247WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO 1248PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. 1249 1250A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 1251PUERTO RICO...AND ALSO FOR THE ISLANDS OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. 1252 1253A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE 1254WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE...WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 1255 1256A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND 1257MONTSERRAT. 1258 1259A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE 1260EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 1261 1262A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUADELOUPE. 1263 1264FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 1265INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 1266BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 1267 1268AT 100 AM AST...0500Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 1269BY RADAR AND RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 17.9 1270NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.2 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES...45 KM... 1271EAST-NORTHEAST OF ST. CROIX AND ABOUT 75 MILES...115 KM... 1272WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ST. MARTIN. 1273 1274OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND 1275THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 1276DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CORE OF OMAR WILL BE PASSING 1277BETWEEN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS DURING 1278THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 1279 1280REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE 1281THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 120 MPH... 1282195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS A CATEGORY THREE 1283HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL 1284STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS OMAR MOVES THROUGH THE 1285NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. 1286 1287HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM 1288THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 1289MILES...185 KM. ST. MAARTEN RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 56 1290MPH...91 KM/HR. 1291 1292THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER 1293WAS 961 MB...28.38 INCHES. 1294 1295OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 1296INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE 1297ACROSS THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN ISLANDS... 1298VIEQUES...AND CULEBRA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 1299INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 1300FOR PUERTO RICO. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 1301FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 1302 1303COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 1304LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 1305EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. COASTAL STORM 1306SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH 1307LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE 1308COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. IN ADDITION...OMAR 1309IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEST- AND 1310SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE ISLANDS OF THE LESSER 1311ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE TO 1312COASTAL STRUCTURES. 1313 1314REPEATING THE 100 AM AST POSITION...17.9 N...64.2 W. MOVEMENT 1315TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH. 1316MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...961 MB. 1317 1318THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL 1319HURRICANE CENTER AT 300 AM AST...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 1320ADVISORY AT 500 AM AST. 1321$$ 1322 1323FORECASTER AVILA 1324 1325 1326 1327 1328WTNT35 KNHC 160655 1329TCPAT5 1330BULLETIN 1331HURRICANE OMAR INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 11B 1332NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1333300 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008 1334 1335...OMAR RACING NORTHEASTWARD...WINDS INCREASED TO 125 MPH.... 1336 1337A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 1338AND THE ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. A HURRICANE WARNING IS 1339ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN...SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. 1340BARTHELEMY...THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND ANGUILLA. 1341 1342AT 300 AM AST...0700 UTC...THE HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM 1343WARNING FOR PUERTO RICO HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. A HURRICANE WATCH 1344AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR FOR THE ISLANDS 1345OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. 1346 1347A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND 1348MONTSERRAT. 1349 1350A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE 1351EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 1352 1353AT 300 AM AST...0700 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE HAS DISCONTINUED 1354THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR GUADELOUPE. 1355 1356FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 1357INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 1358BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 1359 1360AT 300 AM AST...0700Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 1361BY RADAR AND RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 1362NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.8 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES..90 KM... 1363NORTHWEST OF ST. MARTIN. 1364 1365OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND 1366THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 1367DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CORE OF OMAR WILL BE MOVING AWAY 1368FROM THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 1369 1370REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE 1371THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 125 MPH... 1372205 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE 1373ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN 1374GUSTS...ARE LIKELY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN 1375INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. 1376 1377HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM 1378THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 1379MILES...185 KM. ST. MAARTEN RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 56 1380MPH...91 KM/HR. 1381 1382THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER 1383WAS 959 MB...28.32 INCHES. 1384 1385OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 1386INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE 1387ACROSS THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN ISLANDS... 1388VIEQUES...AND CULEBRA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 1389INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 1390FOR PUERTO RICO. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 1391FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 1392 1393COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 1394LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 1395EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. COASTAL STORM 1396SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH 1397LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE 1398COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. IN ADDITION...OMAR 1399IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEST- AND 1400SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE ISLANDS OF THE LESSER 1401ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE TO 1402COASTAL STRUCTURES. 1403 1404REPEATING THE 100 AM AST POSITION...18.5 N...63.8 W. MOVEMENT 1405TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH. 1406MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...959 MB. 1407 1408THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1409500 AM AST. 1410$$ 1411 1412FORECASTER AVILA 1413 1414 1415 1416 1417WTNT35 KNHC 160848 1418TCPAT5 1419BULLETIN 1420HURRICANE OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 12 1421NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1422500 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008 1423 1424...CORE OF OMAR RAPIDLY MOVING AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN LEEWARD 1425ISLANDS... 1426 1427A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN... 1428SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. BARTHELEMY...AND ANGUILLA. 1429 1430AT 5 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN 1431ISLANDS AND THE ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA HAS BEEN 1432DISCONTINUED. 1433 1434AT 5 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN 1435ISLANDS HAS DISCONTINUED THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE BRITISH 1436VIRGIN ISLANDS. 1437 1438A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 1439THE ISLANDS OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. 1440 1441A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND 1442MONTSERRAT. 1443 1444FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 1445INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 1446BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 1447 1448AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 1449NEAR LATITUDE 19.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.2 WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES... 1450110 KM...NORTH OF ST. MARTIN. 1451 1452OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR...AND 1453THIS MOTION WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TO 1454CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. 1455 1456MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH...205 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 1457GUSTS. OMAR IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON 1458SCALE. STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE LIKELY OVER 1459ELEVATED TERRAIN. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 1460HOURS. 1461 1462HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM 1463THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 1464MILES...185 KM. ST. MAARTEN RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 70 1465MPH...113 KM/HR. 1466 1467LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM AIR FORCE 1468RECONNAISSANCE PLANE DATA WAS 964 MB...28.47 INCHES. 1469 1470OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 1471INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES...ACROSS THE NORTHERN 1472LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 1473FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 1474 1475COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 1476LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 1477EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. COASTAL STORM 1478SURGE FLOODING SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ALONG THE COASTS OF THE 1479VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. OMAR COULD STILL PRODUCE LARGE 1480SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEST- AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF THE 1481ISLANDS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH 1482EROSION AND DAMAGE TO COASTAL STRUCTURES. 1483 1484REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...19.1 N...63.2 W. MOVEMENT 1485TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH. 1486MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...964 MB. 1487 1488AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 1489CENTER AT 800 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 1490AM AST. 1491 1492$$ 1493FORECASTER AVILA 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498WTNT35 KNHC 161200 1499TCPAT5 1500BULLETIN 1501HURRICANE OMAR INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 12A 1502NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1503800 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008 1504 1505...OMAR MOVING RAPIDLY AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS... 1506...ALL WARNINGS AND WATCHES HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR REMAINDER 1507OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS... 1508 1509AT 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...THE GOVERNMENTS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA... 1510THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...AND FRANCE HAVE DISCONTINUED ALL TROPICAL 1511CYCLONE WARNINGS AND WATCHES FOR ST. KITTS...NEVIS....ANTIGUA AND 1512BARBUDA...ST. MARTIN/MAARTEN...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. BARTHELEMY... 1513SABA...ANGUILLA...AND MONTSERRAT. 1514 1515FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 1516INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED 1517BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 1518 1519AT 800 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 1520NEAR LATITUDE 20.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 62.4 WEST OR ABOUT 160 MILES... 1521260 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. 1522 1523OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH...46 KM/HR...AWAY 1524FROM THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. THIS MOTION WITH A GRADUAL 1525INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 152624 TO 48 HOURS. 1527 1528MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 115 MPH...185 1529KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH OMAR IS STILL A CATEGORY THREE 1530HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE...ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS 1531EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 1532 1533HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM 1534THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 1535MILES...185 KM. 1536 1537THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 967 MB...28.56 INCHES. 1538 1539OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 1540INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES...ACROSS THE NORTHERN 1541LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 1542FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 1543 1544COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH- AND WEST-FACING COASTS 1545OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING. 1546HOWEVER...LARGE SWELLS MAY CONTINUE TO AFFECT THESE COASTAL ISLANDS 1547TODAY. 1548 1549REPEATING THE 800 AM AST POSITION...20.3 N...62.4 W. MOVEMENT 1550TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. 1551MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...967 MB. 1552 1553THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 1554AT 1100 AM AST. 1555 1556$$ 1557FORECASTER STEWART 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562WTNT35 KNHC 161452 1563TCPAT5 1564BULLETIN 1565HURRICANE OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 13 1566NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 15671100 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008 1568 1569...OMAR QUICKLY WEAKENING AS IT IS MOVES RAPIDLY AWAY FROM THE 1570NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS... 1571...HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT REMAINS FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LESSER 1572ANTILLES... 1573 1574AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 1575NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 61.3 WEST OR ABOUT 180 MILES... 1576290 KM...NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. 1577 1578OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...AND 1579THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS. 1580 1581MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 1582GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 1583 1584HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM...FROM 1585THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 1586MILES...220 KM. 1587 1588ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES. 1589 1590OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 1591INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES...OVER PORTIONS OF THE 1592NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LESSER ANTILLES FROM ANTIGUA SOUTHWARD TO 1593MARTINIQUE. 1594 1595REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...20.2 N...61.3 W. MOVEMENT 1596TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH. 1597MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB. 1598 1599THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1600500 PM AST. 1601 1602$$ 1603FORECASTER LANDSEA/STEWART 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608WTNT35 KNHC 162048 1609TCPAT5 1610BULLETIN 1611HURRICANE OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 14 1612NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1613500 PM AST THU OCT 16 2008 1614 1615...OMAR QUICKLY MOVING INTO THE OPEN CENTRAL ATLANTIC... 1616...HEAVY RAINFALL STILL OCCURRING IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LESSER 1617ANTILLES... 1618 1619AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 1620NEAR LATITUDE 22.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 59.7 WEST OR ABOUT 350 MILES... 1621560 KM...NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. 1622 1623OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH...43 KM/HR... 1624AND THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 1625NORTHEAST AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS. 1626 1627MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 1628GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING OF THE HURRICANE IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE 1629NEXT TWO DAYS AND OMAR COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BY TOMORROW. 1630 1631HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM 1632THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 1633MILES...220 KM. 1634 1635ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES. 1636 1637OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 1638INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES...OVER PORTIONS OF THE 1639NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LESSER ANTILLES FROM ANTIGUA SOUTHWARD TO 1640MARTINIQUE. 1641 1642REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...22.1 N...59.7 W. MOVEMENT 1643TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 1644MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...985 MB. 1645 1646THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 16471100 PM AST. 1648 1649$$ 1650FORECASTER LANDSEA/STEWART 1651 1652 1653WTNT35 KNHC 170236 1654TCPAT5 1655BULLETIN 1656TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 15 1657NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 16581100 PM AST THU OCT 16 2008 1659 1660...OMAR WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM... 1661 1662AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS 1663LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 58.1 WEST OR ABOUT 505 1664MILES...810 KM...NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND 1665ABOUT 715 MILES...1150 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. 1666 1667OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR. A 1668GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH SOME DECREASE IN 1669FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 1670 1671MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH... 1672110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS 1673FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 1674 1675TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM 1676FROM THE CENTER. 1677 1678ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES. 1679 1680REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...23.8 N...58.1 W. MOVEMENT 1681TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH. 1682MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB. 1683 1684THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1685500 AM AST. 1686 1687$$ 1688FORECASTER BEVEN 1689 1690 1691WTNT35 KNHC 170834 1692TCPAT5 1693BULLETIN 1694TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 16 1695NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1696500 AM AST FRI OCT 17 2008 1697 1698...OMAR CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE 1699ATLANTIC... 1700 1701AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS 1702LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 56.4 WEST OR ABOUT 670 1703MILES...1075 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. 1704 1705OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR...AND 1706THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS 1707EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. 1708 1709MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 1710KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST 1711DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 1712 1713TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM 1714MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. 1715 1716ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES. 1717 1718REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...26.0 N...56.4 W. MOVEMENT 1719TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH. 1720MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB. 1721 1722THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 17231100 AM AST. 1724 1725$$ 1726FORECASTER AVILA 1727 1728 1729WTNT35 KNHC 171452 1730TCPAT5 1731BULLETIN 1732TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 17 1733NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 17341100 AM AST FRI OCT 17 2008 1735 1736...OMAR STRENGTHENS OVER THE OPEN NORTH ATLANTIC... 1737 1738AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS 1739LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.1 WEST OR ABOUT 625 1740MILES...1000 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. 1741 1742OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH...56 KM/HR...AND 1743AND THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING IN THIS GENERAL 1744DIRECTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 48 1745HOURS. 1746 1747MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 1748GUSTS. SOME SMALL FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 1749NEXT 24 HOURS WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING OCCURRING ON SATURDAY. 1750THUS...OMAR COULD BECOME A MINIMAL HURRICANE TODAY. 1751 1752TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM 1753FROM THE CENTER. 1754 1755ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES. 1756 1757REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...28.9 N...55.1 W. MOVEMENT 1758TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH. 1759MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB. 1760 1761THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1762500 PM AST. 1763 1764$$ 1765FORECASTER LANDSEA/STEWART 1766 1767 1768WTNT35 KNHC 172031 1769TCPAT5 1770BULLETIN 1771HURRICANE OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 18 1772NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1773500 PM AST FRI OCT 17 2008 1774 1775...OMAR BRIEFLY REGAINS HURRICANE STATUS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC... 1776 1777AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED 1778NEAR LATITUDE 31.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 53.6 WEST OR ABOUT 660 MILES... 17791065 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1580 MILES...2540 KM... 1780WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES. 1781 1782OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH...46 KM/HR. 1783A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED 1784IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. 1785 1786MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 1787GUSTS. ALTHOUGH OMAR HAS REGAINED CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE STRENGTH... 1788THIS INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO BE SHORT-LIVED AND GRADUAL WEAKENING 1789IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 1790 1791HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM 1792THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 1793MILES...185 KM. 1794 1795THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES. 1796 1797REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...31.2 N...53.6 W. MOVEMENT 1798TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 1799MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB. 1800 1801THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 18021100 PM AST. 1803 1804$$ 1805FORECASTER STEWART 1806 1807 1808WTNT35 KNHC 180233 1809TCPAT5 1810BULLETIN 1811TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 19 1812NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 18131100 PM AST FRI OCT 17 2008 1814 1815...OMAR AGAIN WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM... 1816 1817AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS 1818LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 52.8 WEST OR ABOUT 1819705 MILES...1135 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1525 MILES...2455 1820KM...WEST OF THE AZORES. 1821 1822OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND 1823THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 1824DAYS. 1825 1826MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH... 1827100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS MOVING OVER COLDER SEA 1828SURFACE TEMPERATURES...AND ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING 1829THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 1830 1831TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM 1832FROM THE CENTER. 1833 1834ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 989 MB...29.21 INCHES. 1835 1836REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...31.5 N...52.8 W. MOVEMENT 1837TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. 1838MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB. 1839 1840THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1841500 AM AST. 1842 1843$$ 1844FORECASTER BEVEN 1845 1846 1847WTNT35 KNHC 180833 1848TCPAT5 1849BULLETIN 1850TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 20 1851NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1852500 AM AST SAT OCT 18 2008 1853 1854...OMAR GRADUALLY WEAKENING OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC OCEAN... 1855 1856AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS 1857LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.5 WEST OR ABOUT 775 1858MILES...1245 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1420 MILES...2285 KM... 1859WEST OF THE AZORES. 1860 1861OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND 1862THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 1863DAYS. 1864 1865MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 1866GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 1867 1868TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM 1869FROM THE CENTER. 1870 1871THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES. 1872 1873REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...32.9 N...51.5 W. MOVEMENT 1874TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH. 1875MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB. 1876 1877THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 18781100 AM AST. 1879 1880$$ 1881FORECASTER STEWART 1882 1883 1884WTNT35 KNHC 181433 1885TCPAT5 1886BULLETIN 1887TROPICAL STORM OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 21 1888NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 18891100 AM AST SAT OCT 18 2008 1890 1891...OMAR DEGENERATES TO A REMNANT LOW... 1892 1893AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE REMNANT LOW...FORMER 1894TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.4 NORTH... 1895LONGITUDE 50.7 WEST OR ABOUT 820 MILES...1320 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA 1896AND ABOUT 1365 MILES...2195 KM...WEST OF THE AZORES. 1897 1898OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND 1899THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 1900 1901MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 1902GUSTS. OMAR NO LONGER HAS ENOUGH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO BE 1903CONSIDERED A TROPICAL CYCLONE. THE REMNANT LOW IS EXPECTED TO 1904WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 1905 1906TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM 1907MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. 1908 1909ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. 1910 1911REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...33.4 N...50.7 W. MOVEMENT 1912TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. 1913MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB. 1914 1915THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 1916CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE 1917FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 1918SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC. 1919 1920$$ 1921FORECASTER AVILA 1922 1923 1924