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SUBTROPICAL STORM GUSTAV INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT TUE SEP 10 2002

...GUSTAV GETTING STRONGER...BUT FORWARD SPEED SLOWS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE FEAR NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE
PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...AND INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE
BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT VIRGINIA.

AT 2 AM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.9 WEST OR ABOUT 200 
MILES SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS GUSTAV HAS MOVED LITTLE.  MOTION TOWARD
THE NORTH AND THEN NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE STORM WILL MOVE VERY NEAR THE
NORTH CAROLINA COAST LATER TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER 
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
WINDS OF 40 MPH EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS  
992 MB...29.29 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS 
POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTH END OF PAMLICO SOUND.  STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 
1-3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE IN THE 
WARNING AREA.  HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED 
ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST FROM NEW JERSEY SOUTHWARD TO THE CENTRAL 
FLORIDA COAST TODAY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OVER EASTERN
VIRGINIA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA TODAY. 
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...32.5 N... 75.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 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
5 AM EDT.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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