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...IGOR FORMS IN THE FAR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN...TROPICAL
STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN CAPE VERDE ISLANDS...
...IGOR CREEPING WESTWARD...SLIGHTLY STRONGER...
...IGOR WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...
...IGOR EXPECTED TO REGAIN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH LATER TODAY OVER
THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...
...IGOR REGAINS TROPICAL STORM STATUS OVER THE FAR EASTERN
ATLANTIC OCEAN...
...IGOR GRADUALLY STRENGTHENING OVER THE FAR EASTERN
ATLANTIC OCEAN...
...IGOR NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH...
...IGOR ALMOST A HURRICANE...
...IGOR STRENGTHENS INTO A HURRICANE...THE FOURTH OF THE SEASON...
...IGOR STRENGTHENS A LITTLE MORE...
...IGOR BECOMES A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...
...IGOR RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES INTO A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE...
..LARGE AND POWERFUL IGOR MOVING WESTWARD OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL
ATLANTIC...
...IGOR STILL INTENSIFYING...
...CATEGORY FOUR IGOR CONTINUES WESTWARD...
...CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE IGOR MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS THE TROPICAL
ATLANTIC...
...IGOR CONTINUES WESTWARD...EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST TONIGHT...
...IGOR WEAKENS A LITTLE BUT STILL AN INTENSE CATEGORY 4
HURRICANE...
...CATEGORY 4 IGOR NOW MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...
...IGOR GETTING STRONGER AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...
...IGOR CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...
...IGOR WEAKENS A LITTLE BUT REMAINS A LARGE AND POWERFUL
HURRICANE...
...IGOR WEAKENS A LITTLE FURTHER...STILL A LARGE AND POWERFUL
HURRICANE...
...LARGE AND POWERFUL IGOR MAINTAINING ITS STRENGTH...
...IGOR STILL AT CATEGORY 4 STRENGTH...POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST OVER THE WEEKEND...
...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IGOR INTENSIFIES AGAIN...EXPECTED TO BE A
SIGNIFICANT HURRICANE FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS...
...HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REACHES IGOR...
...DANGEROUS IGOR EXPECTED TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE FOR A COUPLE
MORE DAYS...
...HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE FINDS IGOR SLIGHTLY WEAKER...HURRICANE
WARNING ISSUED FOR BERMUDA...
...LARGE HURRICANE IGOR EXPECTED TO APPROACH BERMUDA ON SUNDAY...
...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING...
...IGOR WEAKENS A LITTLE MORE BUT STILL LARGE AND DANGEROUS...
...CONDITIONS ON BERMUDA ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING...
...CENTER OF IGOR MOVING CLOSER TO BERMUDA...TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS AND SQUALLS BEING REPORTED ON THE ISLAND...
...HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS REPORTED ON BERMUDA...STRONGER WINDS
YET TO COME...
...IGOR LASHING BERMUDA...
...LARGE IGOR CONTINUES TO LASH BERMUDA...
...CENTER OF HURRICANE IGOR PASSING JUST WEST OF BERMUDA...93 MPH
WIND GUST REPORTED ON THE ISLAND...
...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS STILL OCCURRING ON BERMUDA AS IGOR
MOVES AWAY...
...LARGE IGOR STILL BRINGING TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TO
BERMUDA...TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR NEWFOUNDLAND...
...IGOR PULLING AWAY FROM BERMUDA...
...IGOR ACCELERATING AS IT TURNS TO THE NORTHEAST...TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR BERMUDA DISCONTINUED...
...IGOR BEGINNING EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION...ACCELERATING
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD NEWFOUNDLAND...
...SOON TO BE EXTRATROPICAL IGOR HEADED RAPIDLY TOWARD EASTERN
NEWFOUNDLAND...
...IGOR CONTINUES EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION WITH A QUICK MOTION
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST...
...IGOR LIKELY TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL LATER TODAY...CENTER IS
RAPIDLY APPROACHING SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND...
...IGOR QUICKLY LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...CENTER IS
EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND THIS MORNING...
...IGOR PASSING VERY NEAR CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND...ALMOST FULLY
EXTRATROPICAL...
...IGOR PRODUCING GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE OVER PORTIONS OF
NEWFOUNDLAND...
...IGOR BECOMES POST-TROPICAL...
BULLETIN
HURRICANE IGOR ADVISORY NUMBER 55
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112010
500 PM AST TUE SEP 21 2010
...IGOR BECOMES POST-TROPICAL...
SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...49.3N 51.7W
ABOUT 125 MI...200 KM NNE OF ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 39 MPH...63 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...950 MB...28.05 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
NONE.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND FROM STONES COVE NORTHWARD AND EASTWARD
TO FOGO ISLAND
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND FROM BURGEO NORTHWARD AND EASTWARD
TO TRITON
* THE ISLANDS OF ST-PIERRE AND MIQUELON
THESE WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED THIS EVENING
OR TONIGHT.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO
YOUR AREA OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS
ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IGOR
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 49.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.7 WEST. IGOR IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 39 MPH...63 KM/HR. A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED BY
WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST BY THURSDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...BUT THE CYCLONE SHOULD BEGIN TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN BY LATE
WEDNESDAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 520
MILES...835 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 950 MB...28.05 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE AND VERY NEAR HURRICANE
FORCE...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE OCCURRING IN PARTS OF
NEWFOUNDLAND. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH TONIGHT AS IGOR
MOVES FARTHER TO THE NORTH.
RAINFALL...THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THREAT OVER NEWFOUNDLAND
ASSOCIATED WITH IGOR HAS COME TO AN END. RAINFALL WILL BE TAPERING
OFF THIS EVENING AS IGOR MOVES RAPIDLY NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD.
SURF...LARGE SWELLS ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES WILL
BE SUBSIDING TONIGHT. SWELLS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE IN NOVA
SCOTIA...NEWFOUNDLAND...PUERTO RICO...THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...
HISPANIOLA...AND PORTIONS OF THE BAHAMAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. THESE SWELLS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND
RIP CURRENTS. PLEASE CONSULT PRODUCTS FROM YOUR LOCAL WEATHER
OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
NEXT ADVISORY
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THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON IGOR. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND
IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...
UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.
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