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#299983 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:58 PM 06.Oct.2009) TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HENRI ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL102009 500 PM AST TUE OCT 06 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM HENRI FORMS EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...EXPECTED TO BE SHORT-LIVED... SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES HAS STRENGTHENED INTO TROPICAL STORM HENRI... THE EIGHTH NAMED TROPICAL CYCLONE OF THE SEASON. AT 500 PM AST... 2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HENRI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.0 WEST OR ABOUT 600 MILES...965 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. HENRI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF HENRI AND THE ASSOCIATED STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL NORTH OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HENRI IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHORT-LIVED TROPICAL CYCLONE AND COULD WEAKEN TO A REMNANT LOW BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM...NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...17.8N 54.0W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT 18 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER BERG |