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WTNT32 KNHC 262048
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM KAREN ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL122007
500 PM AST WED SEP 26 2007
 
...KAREN REMAINS BELOW HURRICANE INTENSITY OVER THE CENTRAL NORTH
ATLANTIC...

AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 43.6 WEST OR ABOUT 1175
MILES...1890 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
KAREN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS THOUGH A SMALL INCREASE WOULD BRING KAREN TO HURRICANE
INTENSITY.  A NOAA HURRICANE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL BE
INVESTIGATING THE TROPICAL STORM LATER THIS EVENING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...12.4 N...43.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER LANDSEA/PASCH