000 WTNT33 KNHC 150836 TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM INGRID ADVISORY NUMBER 12 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082007 500 AM AST SAT SEP 15 2007 ...INGRID BARELY A TROPICAL STORM... AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM INGRID WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 52.7 WEST OR ABOUT 575 MILES...930 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. INGRID IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR... AND A MOTION BETWEEN WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. INGRID REMAINS IN AN AREA OF STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS THAT ARE NOT CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT...AND LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...16.5 N...52.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER MAINELLI