000 WTNT34 KNHC 140250 TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER 22 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092013 1100 PM AST FRI SEP 13 2013 ...HUMBERTO CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES WESTWARD... ...EXPECTED TO BECOME A REMNANT LOW ON SATURDAY... SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...24.8N 33.0W ABOUT 840 MI...1355 KM NW OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB...29.50 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 33.0 WEST. HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/H...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND HUMBERTO IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A REMNANT LOW ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER...RE-STRENGTHENING BACK INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR A TROPICAL STORM COULD OCCUR ON SUNDAY OR MONDAY WHEN THE SYSTEM TURNS NORTHWARD OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES...295 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER STEWART