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WTNT33 KNHC 302354
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HANNA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  11A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082008
800 PM AST SAT AUG 30 2008
 
...TROPICAL STORM HANNA MOVING ERRATICALLY...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ACKLINS...CROOKED ISLAND...THE
INAGUAS...MAYAGUANA...AND THE RAGGED ISLANDS...AS WELL AS FOR
THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 PM AST...0000Z...BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...THE CENTER OF
OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS RELOCATED TO NEAR LATITUDE 22.8 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 67.3 WEST OR ABOUT 265 MILES...425 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF
GRAND TURK ISLAND.  
 
HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...10 KM/HR.
A WEST TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO RESUME THIS
EVENING WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF HANNA IS FORECAST TO
MOVE NEAR OR JUST NORTHEAST OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS LATE
SUNDAY OR MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY
OR TWO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...
230 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
LONG-PERIOD SWELLS FROM HANNA ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE RISK
OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES COAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...22.8 N...67.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/BEVEN