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.
