000 WTNT32 KNHC 102037 TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE FRED ADVISORY NUMBER 13 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072009 500 PM AST THU SEP 10 2009 ...FRED EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY IN THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC... AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRED WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 35.1 WEST OR ABOUT 740 MILES... 1190 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. FRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR. A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED...A FRED SHOULD MOVE LITTLE DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FRED SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 975 MB...28.79 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...17.3N 35.1W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT 5 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...975 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER AVILA