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TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST TUE SEP 18 2001
 
...GABRIELLE LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OVER THE 
NORTH ATLANTIC SHIPPING LANES...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  59.6 WEST 
OR ABOUT 305 MILES...490 KM...SOUTH OF SABLE ISLAND NOVA SCOTIA.
 
GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH
...30 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS...BUT GABRIELLE MAY TRANSITION TO AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW 
PRESSURE SYSTEM LATER TODAY OR WEDNESDAY AS IT INTERACTS WITH A 
COLD FRONT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 290 MILES
...465 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...39.5 N... 59.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART/MAINELLI
 
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