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Tropical Storm Lorenzo Forms In Atlantic Ocean

Tropical Storm Lorenzo Satellite Imagery

MIAMI, Florida — As of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, October 21, 2013, NOAA’s National Hurricane Center in Miami issued a Public Advisory due the formation of Tropical Storm Lorenzo in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Tropical Storm Lorenzo is located about 635 miles east-southeast of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour as it moves to the north-northeast at 7 miles per hour. Lorenzo’s tropical storm-force winds extend 80 miles from the center of the storm.

NOAA’s stormtracker forecasts that Tropical Storm Lorenzo will grown stronger over the next couple days as the tropical cyclone makes it way toward the open Atlantic Ocean. T.S. Lorenzo is not expected to become a hazard to land.

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NOAA NHC Tropical Storm Lorenzo Public Advisory:

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WTNT33 KNHC 212035
TCPAT3

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LORENZO ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL132013
500 PM AST MON OCT 21 2013

...TWELFTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS...


SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...28.9N 54.9W
ABOUT 635 MI...1020 KM ESE OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 30 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB...29.77 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 TROPICAL STORM LORENZO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.9 WEST. LORENZO IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/H.  A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A TURN
TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING
THE NEXT DAY OR SO...WITH WEAKENING LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES...130 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE


NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST.

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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN