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#152908 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:34 PM 28.Sep.2007) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KAREN ADVISORY NUMBER 16 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL122007 500 PM AST FRI SEP 28 2007 ...KAREN BARELY A TROPICAL STORM... AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 49.9 WEST OR ABOUT 780 MILES...1250 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. KAREN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS DUE TO STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES...240 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...16.4 N...49.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER ROBERTS/AVILA |