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TROPICAL STORM DANNY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL052009
200 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009
 
...DANNY NEARLY STATIONARY...AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE STORM...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST
FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTHWARD TO DUCK...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO AND
ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE...
WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR
PORTIONS OF THIS AREA LATER TODAY.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE FROM THE CAROLINAS NORTHWARD TO NEW ENGLAND AND
THE CANADIAN MARITIMES SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DANNY.
ADDITIONAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THIS
AREA LATER TODAY.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE.  FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA
OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 200 PM EDT...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DANNY WAS
LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR
LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.7 WEST OR ABOUT 355 MILES...570
KM...SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 830 MILES
...1340 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS.
 
DANNY HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. HOWEVER...
A MOTION TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...IS
EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER TODAY. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF DANNY IS EXPECTED TO
PASS NEAR THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT OR EARLY
SATURDAY...APPROACH THE COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND
SATURDAY...AND MOVE NEAR THE CANADIAN MARITIMES EARLY SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH LITTLE
CHANGE IN INTENSITY FORECAST AFTER THAT TIME. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM
...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURE BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
LARGE SWELLS FROM DANNY ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF
CONDITIONS AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE U.S. EAST
COAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. PLEASE CONSULT STATEMENTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR MORE
DETAILS.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM EDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...30.1N 75.7W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...STATIONARY
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN