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TROPICAL STORM OTTO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL162016

100 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2016



...OTTO MEANDERING OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...





SUMMARY OF 100 AM EST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...10.7N 79.0W

ABOUT 220 MI...355 KM SE OF SAN ANDRES ISLAND

ABOUT 335 MI...545 KM ESE OF BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...SSE OR 155 DEGREES AT 2 MPH...4 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB...29.47 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:



NONE.



SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:



A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. SAN ANDRES



A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA, GENERALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS.



INTERESTS IN NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA, AND PROVIDENCIA ISLAND SHOULD

MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF OTTO.



FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS

ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.





DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

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AT 100 AM EST (0600 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OTTO WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.7 NORTH, LONGITUDE 79.0 WEST.  OTTO HAS

BEEN DRIFTING SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD AT AROUND 2 MPH (4 KM/H) DURING

THE PAST FEW HOURS.  LITTLE NET MOTION IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT, BUT A

SLOW WESTWARD MOTION IS FOREAST TO BEGIN LATER TODAY.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH (95 KM/H) WITH HIGHER

GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS, AND OTTO

IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.=