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#212279 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:55 AM 01.Sep.2008) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HANNA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 17A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082008 800 AM AST MON SEP 01 2008 ...HANNA NEARLY STATIONARY NORTH OF THE CAICOS ISLANDS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 800 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.4 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES...145 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS. HANNA HAS BEEN DRIFTING SLOWLY WESTWARD NEAR 2 MPH...4 KM/HR...AND A CONTINUED SLOW FORWARD MOTION BETWEEN WEST AND WEST-SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO...ALTHOUGH HANNA COULD BECOME STATIONARY AT TIMES. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF HANNA WILL MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. A NOAA BUOY EAST OF THE CENTER INDICATES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL BE IN THE AREA LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. SWELLS FROM HANNA ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES COAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. REPEATING THE 800 AM AST POSITION...23.6 N...72.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 2 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER STEWART |