000 WTNT32 KNHC 261453 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KAREN ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL122007 1100 AM AST WED SEP 26 2007 ...KAREN NEAR HURRICANE INTENSITY OVER THE EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC... AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 42.9 WEST OR ABOUT 1225 MILES...1970 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. KAREN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND KAREN COULD BECOME A HURRICANE TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES. REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...11.9 N...42.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER LANDSEA/PASCH