000
WTNT32 KNHC 120233
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FRED ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072009
1100 PM AST FRI SEP 11 2009
 
...FRED CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...

AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRED WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 33.6 WEST OR ABOUT 650
MILES...1045 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
FRED IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 2 MPH...4
KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND THEN THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A
CONTINUED SLOW MOTION IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON SUNDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR
...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED IN THE
NEXT 48 HOURS. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.0N 33.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...EAST-NORTHEAST OR 60 DEGREES AT 2 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN