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...HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE FINDS OLGA A LITTLE STRONGER WITH TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
National Hurricane Center ^ | Dec. 11, 2007 | National Hurricane Center

Posted on 12/11/2007 3:55:47 PM PST by varina davis

BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM OLGA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL172007 800 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

...HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE FINDS OLGA A LITTLE STRONGER WITH TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF HISPANIOLA FROM CABO ENGANO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO LE MOLE ST. NICHOLAS HAITI.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM CABO ENGANO TO PUNTA PALENQUE.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

DATA FROM A HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE INDICATE THAT THE STRONGER WINDS ARE NOW CLOSER TO THE CENTER SUGGESTING THAT OLGA HAS TRANSITIONED TO A TROPICAL STORM.

AT 800 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OLGA WAS LOCATED INLAND OVER THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NEAR LATITUDE 18.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.5 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES...45 KM... NORTH- NORTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND JUST SOUTH OF BAHIA DE SAMANA.

OLGA IS MOVING ON A GENERAL WESTWARD TRACK NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER OF OLGA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER LAND FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDS ARE CONFINED TO AN AREA JUST NORTH OF THE CENTER. A SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 240 MILES...390 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER. COPEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE NORTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JUST MEASURED WIND GUSTS TO 63 MPH...102 KM/HR.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

OLGA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER PUERTO RICO AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OVER PUERTO RICO. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER HISPANIOLA WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM TOTALS OF 10 INCHES. THESE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES IN PUERTO RICO AND HISPANIOLA.

REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...18.8 N...69.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST.

$$ FORECASTER AVILA


TOPICS: Weather
KEYWORDS: hurricane; olga; tropical
Olga is now tropical -- not sub-tropical.
1 posted on 12/11/2007 3:55:48 PM PST by varina davis
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To: varina davis
"HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE"

Duncan has a hurricane plane?

Sorry, couldn't help a little humor.

2 posted on 12/11/2007 3:58:09 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: varina davis

Wow, getting a bit late in the season...lol.
Global warming and all that rot...
Freegards,
Lex


3 posted on 12/11/2007 3:58:21 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: varina davis

I guess God never got the message that hurricane season is over.


4 posted on 12/11/2007 4:29:37 PM PST by proudofthesouth (Liberalism IS a mental illness.)
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To: proudofthesouth
It looks like a tropical storm headed to the Yucatan Peninsula and possibly the Brownsville Texas area?
5 posted on 12/11/2007 6:21:24 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft (Kennedys, Bushes, Clintons,. had enough yet, or do you want more of them?)
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To: varina davis

The Hurricane center can’t be all that worried about it.

They shut down the Experimental Graphic Device until June 1, 2008.

Quick - run to the store and buy bread and bottled water. No, wait, that’s cheese balls, wine and crackers. After all, it’s Christmas Season.


6 posted on 12/12/2007 3:45:18 AM PST by PeteB570 (Keeping and eye on the Frying Pan Shoals Buoys)
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To: Bringbackthedraft

The last I looked, the models for some reason had the storm moving due west. Kind of odd, since almost all late season Carib. storms veer N, then NE, due to fronts and troughs.


7 posted on 12/12/2007 3:49:28 AM PST by catfish1957 (In honor of my 5 Confederate ancestors whodefended their homeland during the War of Northn Agression)
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To: PeteB570

Roger that.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/


8 posted on 12/13/2007 10:07:44 PM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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