000 WTNT32 KNHC 280849 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KAREN ADVISORY NUMBER 14 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL122007 500 AM AST FRI SEP 28 2007 ...KAREN WEAKENS OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC... AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 49.8 WEST OR ABOUT 755 MILES...1215 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. KAREN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS DUE TO STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES...240 KM MAINLY TO THE EAST FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...14.1 N...49.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER MAINELLI