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#211630 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:58 AM 30.Aug.2008) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082008 500 AM AST SAT AUG 30 2008 ...HANNA HEADING WESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH... INTERESTS IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF HANNA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.3 WEST OR ABOUT 240 MILES...390 KM...NORTH OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO AND ABOUT 310 MILES ...500 KM...EAST OF GRAND TURK ISLAND. HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY FOLLOWED BY A TURN BACK TO THE WEST ON SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST TODAY BUT HANNA COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH ON SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...21.9 N...66.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER AVILA |