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SUBTROPICAL STORM ONE ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 2001
 
...SUBTROPICAL STORM FORMS NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA...

SATELLITE IMAGERY AND REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT 
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE NON-TROPICAL STORM CENTER 
NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA IS GRADUALLY ACQUIRING SOME TROPICAL 
CHARACTERISTICS AND HAS BECOME A SUBTROPICAL STORM.  A SUBTROPICAL 
STORM COMBINES CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH TROPICAL CYCLONES AND 
WINTERTIME CYCLONES.  SUBTROPICAL STORMS VERY OFTEN COMPLETE THE 
TRANSITION AND BECOME TROPICAL STORMS OR HURRICANES.

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM ONE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.5 WEST OR ABOUT
150 MILES...240 KM...NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA.

THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH ...15 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WHILE LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 
24 HOURS...THIS SYSTEM COULD CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE TROPICAL IN 
NATURE...AND IF IT DOES SO WILL BE GIVEN THE NAME KAREN.
 
WINDS OF GALE FORCE...40 MPH...EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370
KM FROM THE CENTER.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS  
988 MB...29.18 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...33.9 N... 66.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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