000 WTNT34 KNHC 102031 TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092013 500 PM AST TUE SEP 10 2013 ...HUMBERTO ALMOST A HURRICANE... SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...15.0N 28.1W ABOUT 245 MI...400 KM W OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...993 MB...29.32 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 28.1 WEST. HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY A NORTHWARD MOTION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/H... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...AND HUMBERTO COULD BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR ON WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER BERG