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Tropical Storm HANNA (Text)


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TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082008
500 PM AST FRI AUG 29 2008
 
...HANNA PASSING WELL NORTH OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...

INTERESTS IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF HANNA.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.8 WEST OR ABOUT 280
MILES...450 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO AND ABOUT
470 MILES...755 KM...EAST OF GRAND TURK ISLAND.
 
HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR.
A MOTION BETWEEN WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING 
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF HANNA IS
FORECAST TO PASS WELL OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND THEN BE NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN 
BAHAMAS ON SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE 
OF DAYS AND HANNA COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH ON SUNDAY. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS. 
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...21.8 N...63.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
$$
FORECASTER BROWN
 
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