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TROPICAL STORM BARRY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  8A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT SAT AUG 04 2001
 
...BARRY MOVING LITTLE...COULD STRENGTHEN... 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER TO MORGAN CITY
LOUISIANA.  THIS WATCH COULD BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING AND SHIFTED
EASTWARD LATER TODAY.  INTERESTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA
...AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE COASTS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
BARRY.

AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS 
MEANDERING NEAR LATITUDE 26.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  87.8 WEST OR ABOUT 
180 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
BARRY HAS BEEN MEANDERING DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT A DRIFT 
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR NORTH COULD BEGIN LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME 
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LOCATED IN A SMALL AREA ABOUT 105 
MILES TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. A 
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WIL BE IN THE AREA SHORTLY.

SOME COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...26.8 N... 87.8 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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