000 WTNT31 KNHC 092345 TCPAT1 BULLETIN SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012007 800 PM EDT WED MAY 09 2007 ...ANDREA BARELY MOVING...REMAINS DISORGANIZED... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA SOUTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. AT 800 PM EDT...0000Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF CIRCULATION OF SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 79.5 WEST OR ABOUT 110 MILES...175 KM...SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA AND ABOUT 135 MILES ...220 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. ANDREA HAS BEEN MEANDERING DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. HOWEVER...A GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. ANDREA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN HALF AN INCH IN MOST LOCATIONS IN COASTAL AREAS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE SLOWER-MOVING RAINBANDS. REPEATING THE 800 PM EDT POSITION...30.5 N...79.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST AND SOUTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM EDT. $$- FORECASTER AVILA