Tropical Storm HANNA

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TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082008
500 AM AST FRI AUG 29 2008
 
...HANNA IS POORLY ORGANIZED AT THIS TIME...

AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 62.3 WEST OR ABOUT 245
MILES...400 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR.   A
MOTION BETWEEN WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST AWAY FROM THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST TODAY BUT HANNA COULD
BECOME A HURRICANE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LEEWARD
ISLAND
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...21.7 N...62.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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