000 WTNT34 KNHC 241438 TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM TONY ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL192012 1100 AM AST WED OCT 24 2012 ...TONY A LITTLE STRONGER YET... ...ACCELERATING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD... SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...28.5N 45.4W ABOUT 1245 MI...2005 KM WSW OF THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 60 DEGREES AT 21 MPH...33 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB...29.53 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM TONY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 45.4 WEST. TONY IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/H...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY GRADUAL WEAKENING AFTER THAT. TONY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE ON THURSDAY. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN