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ABNT20 KNHC 121131
TWOAT

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Sat Oct 12 2024

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Storm Leslie, located over the central Atlantic Ocean.

Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL94):
The circulation associated with an area of low pressure located a
couple of hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands appears to
have become slightly better defined this morning. However, the
associated shower and thunderstorm activity is only marginally
well-organized, and environmental conditions are expected to become
less conducive for further development later today. A short-lived
tropical depression could still form at any time today while the
system moves generally westward. After that time, the system is
forecast to continue moving westward across the central tropical
Atlantic, but further development is not anticipated through at
least the middle of next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.

$$
Forecaster D. Zelinsky

Summary for Tropical Storm Leslie (AT3/AL132024)

...LESLIE RACING NORTHEASTWARD...
 As of 5:00 AM AST Sat Oct 12
 the center of Leslie was located near 31.3, -45.9
 with movement NE at 24 mph.
 The minimum central pressure was 1002 mb
 with maximum sustained winds of about 50 mph.

Tropical Storm Leslie Public Advisory Number 40

Issued at 500 AM AST Sat Oct 12 2024  

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WTNT33 KNHC 120836
TCPAT3
 
BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Leslie Advisory Number  40
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL132024
500 AM AST Sat Oct 12 2024
 
...LESLIE RACING NORTHEASTWARD...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...31.3N 45.9W
ABOUT 1165 MI...1875 KM WSW OF THE AZORES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 35 DEGREES AT 24 MPH...39 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
 
Interests in the Azores should monitor the progress of Leslie.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
----------------------
At 500 AM AST (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Leslie was
located near latitude 31.3 North, longitude 45.9 West. Leslie is
moving toward the northeast near 24 mph (39 km/h) and a 
northeastward to eastward motion with an increase in forward speed 
is expected during the next couple of days.  On the forecast track, 
the center of Leslie is expected to pass near or over the Azores 
late Sunday or Monday morning.
 
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts.
Leslie is likely to gradually weaken and become an extratropical 
cyclone tonight or Sunday.
 
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km)
from the center.
 
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1002 mb (29.59 inches).
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
None.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
-------------
Next complete advisory at 1100 AM AST.
 
$$
Forecaster Bucci
 

Tropical Storm Leslie Forecast Advisory Number 40

Issued at 0900 UTC SAT OCT 12 2024  

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WTNT23 KNHC 120835
TCMAT3
 
TROPICAL STORM LESLIE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  40
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL132024
0900 UTC SAT OCT 12 2024
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 31.3N  45.9W AT 12/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR  35 DEGREES AT  21 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1002 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT....... 70NE  90SE  60SW   0NW.
12 FT SEAS..105NE 120SE 120SW 105NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 31.3N  45.9W AT 12/0900Z
AT 12/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 30.4N  47.1W
 
FORECAST VALID 12/1800Z 33.8N  42.3W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  80SE  60SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 13/0600Z 36.5N  36.6W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 50NE  80SE  80SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 13/1800Z 37.6N  31.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 30NE  90SE  80SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 14/0600Z 37.7N  25.5W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...  0NE  80SE  80SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 14/1800Z 37.1N  21.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...  0NE  50SE  60SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/0600Z 37.1N  16.4W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 125 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 175 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 15 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 16/0600Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 31.3N  45.9W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 12/1500Z
 
$$
FORECASTER BUCCI
 
 

Tropical Storm Leslie Forecast Discussion Number 40

Issued at 500 AM AST Sat Oct 12 2024  

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WTNT43 KNHC 120839
TCDAT3
 
Tropical Storm Leslie Discussion Number  40
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL132024
500 AM AST Sat Oct 12 2024
 
Leslie has held steady through the night.  The storm has maintained 
a small burst of deep convection near the low-level center, with 
cold cloud top temperatures of less than -80 degrees C.  While the 
satellite intensity estimates have trended downward, the initial 
intensity is held at 45 kt in deference to the earlier scatterometer 
data.
 
The storm is accelerating to the northeast at 21 kt in the flow 
ahead of an approaching deep-layer trough over the northwestern 
Atlantic.  On Sunday, Leslie should turn east-northeastward to 
eastward and continue this motion through the remainder of the 
forecast period.  Model guidance has shifted northward with a slight 
increase in forward speed this advisory cycle.  The latest NHC 
forecast has been nudged northward and now lies between the previous 
prediction and on the southern side of the tightly clustered 
guidance envelope.  Leslie, or its remnants, is now expected to move 
near or over the Azores late Sunday through early Monday.
 
Leslie has a few more hours in a marginal environmental.  Later 
today, deep-layer vertical wind shear is forecast to steadily 
increase and the storm is passing over the 26 degree C isotherm 
towards cooler waters.  Global models suggest Leslie will lose its 
deep convection and merge with a frontal system in about a day.  The 
official forecast now reflects the timing of this transition. It 
should be noted that while the models show a closed low pressure 
area through 72 h, the circulation could degenerate into an open 
trough before then due to the fast forward speed.
 
 
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
 
INIT  12/0900Z 31.3N  45.9W   45 KT  50 MPH
 12H  12/1800Z 33.8N  42.3W   45 KT  50 MPH
 24H  13/0600Z 36.5N  36.6W   40 KT  45 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 36H  13/1800Z 37.6N  31.0W   40 KT  45 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 48H  14/0600Z 37.7N  25.5W   35 KT  40 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 60H  14/1800Z 37.1N  21.0W   35 KT  40 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 72H  15/0600Z 37.1N  16.4W   30 KT  35 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 96H  16/0600Z...DISSIPATED
 
$$
Forecaster Bucci
 

Tropical Storm Leslie Wind Speed Probabilities Number 40

Issued at 0900 UTC SAT OCT 12 2024


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FONT13 KNHC 120837
PWSAT3
                                                                    
TROPICAL STORM LESLIE WIND SPEED PROBABILITIES NUMBER  40           
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL132024               
0900 UTC SAT OCT 12 2024                                            
                                                                    
AT 0900Z THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LESLIE WAS LOCATED NEAR       
LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 45.9 WEST WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED    
WINDS NEAR 45 KTS...50 MPH...85 KM/H.                               
                                                                    
Z INDICATES COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (GREENWICH)                  
   ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME (AST)...SUBTRACT 4 HOURS FROM Z TIME      
   EASTERN  DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT)...SUBTRACT 4 HOURS FROM Z TIME      
   CENTRAL  DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT)...SUBTRACT 5 HOURS FROM Z TIME      
                                                                    
WIND SPEED PROBABILITY TABLE FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS                 
                                                                    
CHANCES OF SUSTAINED (1-MINUTE AVERAGE) WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST     
   ...34 KT (39 MPH... 63 KM/H)...                                  
   ...50 KT (58 MPH... 93 KM/H)...                                  
   ...64 KT (74 MPH...119 KM/H)...                                  
FOR LOCATIONS AND TIME PERIODS DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS               
                                                                    
PROBABILITIES FOR LOCATIONS ARE GIVEN AS OP(CP) WHERE               
    OP  IS THE PROBABILITY OF THE EVENT BEGINNING DURING            
        AN INDIVIDUAL TIME PERIOD (ONSET PROBABILITY)               
   (CP) IS THE PROBABILITY OF THE EVENT OCCURRING BETWEEN           
        06Z SAT AND THE FORECAST HOUR (CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY)      
                                                                    
PROBABILITIES ARE GIVEN IN PERCENT                                  
X INDICATES PROBABILITIES LESS THAN 1 PERCENT                       
PROBABILITIES FOR 34 KT AND 50 KT ARE SHOWN AT A GIVEN LOCATION WHEN
THE 5-DAY CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY IS AT LEAST 3 PERCENT.             
PROBABILITIES FOR 34...50...64 KT SHOWN WHEN THE 5-DAY              
64-KT CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY IS AT LEAST 1 PERCENT.                 
                                                                    
                                                                    
  - - - - WIND SPEED PROBABILITIES FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS - - - -   
                                                                    
               FROM    FROM    FROM    FROM    FROM    FROM    FROM 
  TIME       06Z SAT 18Z SAT 06Z SUN 18Z SUN 06Z MON 06Z TUE 06Z WED
PERIODS         TO      TO      TO      TO      TO      TO      TO  
             18Z SAT 06Z SUN 18Z SUN 06Z MON 06Z TUE 06Z WED 06Z THU
                                                                    
FORECAST HOUR    (12)   (24)    (36)    (48)    (72)    (96)   (120)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
LOCATION       KT                                                   
                                                                    
SANTA CRUZ AZO 34  X   X( X)   3( 3)   1( 4)   X( 4)   X( 4)   X( 4)
 
PONTA DELGADA  34  X   X( X)   1( 1)  13(14)   3(17)   X(17)   X(17)
 
$$                                                                  
FORECASTER BUCCI                                                    

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Tropical Storm Leslie 34-Knot Wind Speed Probabilities
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