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HURRICANE NICOLE ADVISORY NUMBER  11

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL152016

500 PM AST THU OCT 06 2016



...NICOLE A LITTLE STRONGER...

...EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN AND MEANDER...





SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...27.5N 65.1W

ABOUT 330 MI...535 KM S OF BERMUDA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...982 MB...29.00 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.





DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

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AT 500 PM AST (2100 UTC), THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NICOLE WAS LOCATED

NEAR LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH, LONGITUDE 65.1 WEST. NICOLE IS MOVING

TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH (11 KM/H), AND THIS MOTION

AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.  A

MEANDERING MOTION, BUT GENERALLY TOWARD THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST, IS

EXPECTED LATER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH (140 KM/H)

WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS

EXPECTED TONIGHT, WEAKENING IS FORECAST BY LATE FRIDAY THROUGH

SATURDAY.



HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES (30 KM) FROM THE

CENTER AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES

(110 KM).



THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 982 MB (29.00 INCHES).





HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

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SURF: SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH NICOLE, ALONG WITH ROUGH SURF

CONDITIONS, WILL AFFECT BERMUDA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.





NEXT ADVISORY

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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 PM AST.



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