000 WTNT35 KNHC 070238 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HENRI ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL102009 1100 PM AST TUE OCT 06 2009 ...HENRI A LITTLE STRONGER... AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HENRI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.3 WEST OR ABOUT 510 MILES...825 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. HENRI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF HENRI AND THE ASSOCIATED STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS NORTH OF THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY AND HENRI COULD BECOME A REMNANT LOW BY THURSDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...18.4N 55.3W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 17 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER CANGIALOSI/BROWN