000 WTNT31 KNHC 101200 TCPAT1 BULLETIN SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012007 800 AM EDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...ANDREA GRADUALLY WEAKENING AS IT DRIFTS SOUTHWARD JUST OFFSHORE OF THE NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA COAST... 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 WEATHER OFFICE. AT 800 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.8 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES...165 KM...EAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA AND ABOUT 95 MILES...155 KM...NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. THE STORM IS DRIFTING GENERALLY SOUTHWARD...AND THIS SLOW MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF ANDREA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE FROM THE NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA COAST TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING ANDREA. WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. ANDREA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. REPEATING THE 800 AM EDT POSITION...30.1 N...79.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...DRIFTING SOUTHWARD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM EDT. $$ FORECASTER KNABB