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#212695 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:58 AM 02.Sep.2008) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IKE ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008 500 AM AST TUE SEP 02 2008 ...IKE MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS THE OPEN TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN... AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 43.1 WEST OR ABOUT 1235 MILES ...1985 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND A MOTION TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT THE SAME SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...18.6 N...43.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER LANDSEA/PASCH |