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...TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS HISPANIOLA...
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WTNT31 KNHC 152338
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TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER
1A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
AL062008
800 PM AST FRI AUG 15 2008
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE
NORTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND FOR THE SOUTH
COAST EAST OF SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS. A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF HAITI FROM
GONAIVES NORTHWARD...FOR THE TURK AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND FOR
THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO... SANTIAGO
DE CUBA...AND GRANMA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING
AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN
PROVINCES OF HOLGUIN AND LAS TUNAS...AND FOR THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY
WITHIN 36 HOURS.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING
POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY
WAS ESTIMATED TO BE INLAND OVER HISPANIOLA NEAR LATITUDE
18.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 70.2 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES... 55
KM... WEST-NORTHWEST OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC AND ABOUT 335 MILES...540 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
GUANTANAMO CUBA.
FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR.
A GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
CENTER OF FAY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS HISPANIOLA
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND PASS NEAR OR OVER EASTERN CUBA
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
SHIP OBSERVATIONS AND DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO
NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDS ARE
OCCURRING MAINLY OVER WATER TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE
CENTER. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED WHILE
THE CENTER OF FAY IS OVER HISPANIOLA.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85
MILES...140 KM PRIMARILY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE
CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77
INCHES.
TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET FEET ABOVE NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW.
FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4
TO 8 INCHES OVER HISPANIOLA AND EASTERN CUBA...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES. THESE RAINS MAY PRODUCE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...18.6 N...70.2 W.
MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 PM AST
