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TROPICAL STORM LILI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST MON SEP 23 2002

...LILI GETTING STRONGER AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE WINDWARD ISLANDS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN LESSER 
ANTILLES FROM ST. LUCIA SOUTHWARD TO GRENADA AND ITS ISLAND 
DEPENDENCIES...AND ALSO FOR BARBADOS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL LESSER
ANTILLES FROM GUADELOUPE SOUTHWARD TO MARTINIQUE.
 
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  60.4 WEST OR ABOUT
70 MILES...110 KM...EAST THE GRENADINE ISLANDS. 
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR... 
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 
HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...TROPICAL STORM LILI WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 
WINDWARD ISLANDS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AND EMERGE OVER THE EASTERN 
CARIBBEAN SEA BY TUESDAY MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR  60 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...BUT LILI IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE 
REACHING THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH GREATER AMOUNTS OVER 
HIGHER TERRAIN...IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND 
BARBADOS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...12.5 N... 60.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 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 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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