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#300195 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:40 PM 07.Oct.2009) TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HENRI ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL102009 500 PM AST WED OCT 07 2009 ...HENRI CONTINUING TO WEAKEN... AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HENRI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 58.6 WEST OR ABOUT 305 MILES...490 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. HENRI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR... AND A TURN TOWARD THE WEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TOMORROW. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST AND HENRI COULD DISSIPATE BY THURSDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...19.4N 58.6W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 15 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE |