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Tropical Storm ANA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ANA ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE APR 22 2003

...ANA WEAKENING SLIGHTLY AS IT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL 
NORTH ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ANA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.9 WEST OR 
ABOUT 660 MILES...1060 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
ANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR...AND A 
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES
...325 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...30.2 N... 53.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 AM AST...WEDNESDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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