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HURRICANE NICOLE ADVISORY NUMBER  43

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL152016

500 PM AST FRI OCT 14 2016



...NICOLE CONTINUING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD...

...COULD BECOME POST-TROPICAL TONIGHT OR SATURDAY...





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

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LOCATION...36.5N 55.7W

ABOUT 715 MI...1155 KM SSW OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 65 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...31 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...971 MB...28.68 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 36.5 NORTH, LONGITUDE 55.7 WEST. NICOLE IS MOVING

TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH (31 KM/H), AND THIS MOTION IS

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH A GRADUAL

DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH (120 KM/H) WITH HIGHER

GUSTS.  SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HOWEVER, NICOLE COULD BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE TONIGHT OR ON

SATURDAY.



HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES (110 KM) FROM

THE CENTER AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 240

MILES (390 KM).



THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 971 MB (28.68 INCHES).





HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

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SURF:  SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH NICOLE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT BERMUDA

AND THE UNITED STATES EAST COAST FROM THE CAROLINAS NORTHWARD FOR=