000 WTNT32 KNHC 260832 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KAREN ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL122007 500 AM AST WED SEP 26 2007 ...KAREN STRENGTHENS OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC... AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 42.1 WEST OR ABOUT 1285 MILES...2065 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. KAREN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND A TURN TOWARDS THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...11.2 N...42.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER RHOME