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Tropical Storm FRED (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM FRED ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072009
1100 AM AST SAT SEP 12 2009
 
...FRED EXPECTED TO BECOME A REMNANT LOW LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT...

AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRED WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 33.7 WEST OR ABOUT 650
MILES...1045 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
FRED IS NEARLY STATIONARY BUT A MOTION TOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTH-
NORTHWEST SHOULD BEGIN LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A
TURN TOWARD NORTHWEST WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON
SUNDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND FRED
IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A REMNANT LOW LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...17.5N 33.7W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...STATIONARY
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN
 
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