000 WTNT32 KNHC 252032 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KAREN ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL122007 500 PM AST TUE SEP 25 2007 ...KAREN CONTINUES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH SO FAR... AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 39.9 WEST OR ABOUT 1430 MILES...2305 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. KAREN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...11.1 N...39.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER ROBERTS/PASCH