000 WTNT31 KNHC 100232 TCPAT1 BULLETIN SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012007 1100 PM EDT WED MAY 09 2007 ...ANDREA NEARLY STATIONARY...FORECAST TO WEAKEN... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA SOUTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.8 WEST OR ABOUT 135 MILES...215 KM...SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA AND ABOUT 115 MILES ...185 KM...NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. THE STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND NO SIGNIFICANT MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. ANDREA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME RAINBANDS. REPEATING THE 1100 PM EDT POSITION...30.5 N...79.8 W. MOVEMENT... STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 AM EDT. $$ FORECASTER AVILA