000 WTNT31 KNHC 101443 TCPAT1 BULLETIN SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION ANDREA ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012007 1100 AM EDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...ANDREA WEAKENS TO A SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION... AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES IS DISCONTINUED. AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION ANDREA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.9 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA AND ABOUT 80 MILES...130 KM...NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. THE DEPRESSION IS DRIFTING GENERALLY SOUTHWARD...AND THIS SLOW MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF ANDREA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE FROM THE NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA COAST TODAY. REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. ANDREA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. REPEATING THE 1100 AM EDT POSITION...29.9 N...79.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...SOUTH NEAR 2 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM EDT. $$ FORECASTER KNABB