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TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2001

...SEVENTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHEAST 
GULF OF MEXICO...

INTERESTS IN FLORIDA AND THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD CLOSELY
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.

SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION EIGHT HAS STRENGTHENED AND IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM.

AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.2 WEST OR ABOUT
225 MILES...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF NAPLES FLORIDA.

GABRIELLE HAS BEEN MEANDERING...AND THE MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BE 
SLOW AND ERRATIC TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  CONSULT STATEMENTS 
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THE RAINFALL POTENTIAL. 

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...25.2 N... 85.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  0 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 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
4 PM CDT.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
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