ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FRED ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072009 500 PM AST TUE SEP 08 2009 ...FRED ALMOST A HURRICANE... AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRED WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 29.8 WEST OR ABOUT 410 MILES...655 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. FRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS LIKELY AND FRED IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...12.1N 29.8W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 14 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE NNNN
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