000 WTNT33 KNHC 202038 TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LISA ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM AST MON SEP 20 2004 ...LISA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN... AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LISA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 36.8 WEST OR ABOUT 870 MILES...1395 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. LISA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND LISA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY TUESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES ... 85 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...13.8 N... 36.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST. FORECASTER STEWART $$