Tropical Storm FRED

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TROPICAL STORM FRED ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072009
500 PM AST FRI SEP 11 2009
 
...FRED BECOMES A TROPICAL STORM...FORECAST TO WEAKEN FURTHER...

AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRED WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 34.6 WEST OR ABOUT 715
MILES...1150 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
FRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 2 MPH...4 KM/HR. LITTLE
MOTION IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS ANTICIPATED.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.1N 34.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHEAST OR 45 DEGREES AT 2 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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