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WTNT35 KNHC 070843
TCPAT5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HENRI ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL102009
500 AM AST WED OCT 07 2009

...HENRI STRENGTHENS A LITTLE MORE...
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HENRI WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 56.1 WEST OR ABOUT 460
MILES...740 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
HENRI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND A
WESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER
THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF HENRI AND THE
ASSOCIATED STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS NORTH OF THE LESSER
ANTILLES AT ITS CLOSEST APPROACH.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TODAY.
HOWEVER...WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO BEGIN BY TONIGHT...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 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.1N 56.1W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 13 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN