000 WTNT32 KNHC 281443 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KAREN ADVISORY NUMBER 15 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL122007 1100 AM AST FRI SEP 28 2007 ...KAREN CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC... AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 49.2 WEST OR ABOUT 805 MILES...1295 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. KAREN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 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 140 MILES...220 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES. REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...15.1 N...49.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER ROBERTS/AVILA