ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BONNIE ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 PM AST THU AUG 20 1998 ...CORRECTION...ADD TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR PUERTO RICO... ...HURRICANE HUNTERS FIND SECOND TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON... AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE U.S. AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PUERTO RICO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS OF ANTIGUA..BARBUDA...ANGUILLA...ST. MAARTEN...SABA...AND ST. EUSTATIUS. REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO HAS STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM. AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.7 WEST OR ABOUT 75 MILES...120 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. BONNIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 25 MPH ...41 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH A GRADUAL SLOWING OF FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONDITIONS FAVOR AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN STRENGTH DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES ...185 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH BONNIE ARE SPREADING OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...AND THE BRITISH AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...17.9 N... 60.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 25 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM AST. PASCH STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC. NNNN