ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HERMINE ADVISORY NUMBER 10 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT SAT SEP 19 1998 ...HERMINE WEAKENING NEAR THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO PENSACOLA FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF PENSACOLA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH WEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY IS DISCONTINUED. AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.6 WEST OR NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA CLOSE TO COCODRIE. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS. HERMINE HAS BEEN DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. THIS DIRECTION OF MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...BRINGING THE CENTER INLAND. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR ...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST ON SUNDAY AND HERMINE IS LIKELY TO BE DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...29.1 N... 90.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST DRIFT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 1000 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT...SUNDAY. RAPPAPORT STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC. NNNN