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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  10A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT WED SEP 04 2002

...EDOUARD REMAINS A TROPICAL STORM AS IT DRIFTS ERRATICALLY
WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS 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 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.5 WEST OR ABOUT 100 
MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA.
 
EDOUARD IS DRIFTING ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST.  THIS 
MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER NEAR THE NORTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST
LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
EDOUARD IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT 
NEARS THE COAST.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES MAINLY TO
THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...29.7 N... 79.5 W.  MOVEMENT
...DRIFTING ERRATICALLY WEST-SOUTHWEST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 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 5 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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