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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT TUE SEP 03 2002
 
...EDOUARD STALLED AGAIN...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TITUSVILLE TO FERNANDINA
BEACH FLORIDA.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA.  WHILE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...THIS IS NOT
CONSIDERED LIKELY...AND THAT IS THE REASON A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
IS NOT BEING ISSUED AT THIS TIME.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  79.1 WEST OR ABOUT 125 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA 
BEACH FLORIDA.
 
EDOUARD HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT A 
SLOW WEST-SOUTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  
ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL 
ON THE NORTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST ON WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING...AND IS FORECAST 
TO BE A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY THE TIME IT MAKES LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.

A NOAA AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1005 
MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...29.8 N... 79.1 W.  MOVEMENT...
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
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