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SUBTROPICAL STORM ANA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   1A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 AM AST MON APR 21 2003

...SUBTROPICAL STORM ANA SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM ANA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  65.5 WEST OR ABOUT
115 MILES...180 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
ANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND 
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS 
TRACK...THE CENTER OF ANA WILL PASS SOUTH OF BERMUDA LATER THIS 
MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
WINDS OF 40 MPH EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE 
CENTER.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD SPREAD OVER BERMUDA LATER TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...30.9 N... 65.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 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 AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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