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| #152634 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:52 PM 26.Sep.2007) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KAREN ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL122007 1100 PM AST WED SEP 26 2007 ...KAREN JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH... AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 45.1 WEST OR ABOUT 1070 MILES...1720 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. KAREN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DATA FROM THE STEPPED FREQUENCY MICROWAVE RADIOMETER...SFMR... INSTRUMENT ON BOARD THE NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE SHOW THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. NOAA BUOY 41041 AND THE STEPPED FREQUENCY MICROWAVE RADIOMETER SHOW THAT KAREN IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES. REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...13.0 N...45.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE |
