Tropical Storm DANNY

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TROPICAL STORM DANNY ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL052009
1100 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2009
 
...DANNY STRENGTHENS A LITTLE...BUT STILL DISORGANIZED...

INTERESTS IN THE BAHAMAS AND FROM THE CAROLINAS NORTHWARD TO NEW
ENGLAND SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DANNY.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE.  FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA
OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DANNY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.6 WEST OR ABOUT 370
MILES...595 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF NASSAU AND ABOUT 675 MILES...1090
KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
DANNY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY.  A
TURN TOWARD THE NORTH WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
ON FRIDAY.
 
REPORTS FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280
KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM RECONNAISSANCE DATA IS
1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...26.0N 71.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG/PASCH
 
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