ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KARL ADVISORY NUMBER 18 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 11 PM AST SUN SEP 27 1998 ...KARL WEAKENING RAPIDLY...TO PASS NORTH OF THE AZORES... AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KARL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 40.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 32.4 WEST OR ABOUT 310 MILES ...500 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE AZORES ISLANDS. KARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 41 MPH...67 KM/HR. THIS DIRECTION OF MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A FURTHER INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. KARL HAS LOST ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND IS ESSENTIALLY BEING DECLARED EXTRATROPICAL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES. REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...40.9 N... 32.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 41 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. PLEASE CONSULT THE NORTH ATLANTIC SHIPPING BULLETIN...WMO HEADER FPNT80 EGRR...ISSUED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM. GROSS STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC. NNNN