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| #294199 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:37 AM 08.Sep.2009) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FRED ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072009 1100 AM AST TUE SEP 08 2009 ...FRED CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN...EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE... AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRED WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 28.6 WEST OR ABOUT 345 MILES...555 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. FRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND FRED IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...11.9N 28.6W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 275 DEGREES AT 14 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE |
