Subtropical Storm ANDREA

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SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL012007
500 PM EDT WED MAY 09 2007

...SLOW-MOVING ANDREA REMAINS JUST OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST
OF THE UNITED STATES FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA SOUTHWARD TO
FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY
WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
 
AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.1 WEST OR ABOUT 105
MILES...175 KM...SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA AND ABOUT 125 MILES
...200 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA.
 
ANDREA IS MOVING ERRATICALLY BUT GENERALLY TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 5
MPH...7 KM/HR.  A CONTINUED SLOW MOTION WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD
THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185
KM...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

ANDREA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS
THAN HALF AN INCH IN MOST LOCATIONS IN COASTAL AREAS OF THE
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.  ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE SLOWER-MOVING RAINBANDS.

REPEATING THE 500 PM EDT POSITION...30.8 N...80.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 800 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100
PM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER KNABB
 
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