WTNT32 KNHC 012331 RRA TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE GASTON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 41A NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072016 800 PM AST THU SEP 01 2016 ...GASTON MOVING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE AZORES... SUMMARY OF 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...38.3N 37.3W ABOUT 465 MI...750 KM W OF FAIAL ISLAND IN THE CENTRAL AZORES ABOUT 550 MI...890 KM W OF LAJES AIR BASE IN THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 70 DEGREES AT 25 MPH...40 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...984 MB...29.06 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY: NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... . FLORES AND CORVO IN THE WESTERN AZORES . FAIAL, PICO, GRACIOSA, SAO JORGE, AND TERCEIRA IN THE CENTRAL AZORES A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA, IN THIS CASE WITHIN 24 TO 36 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 800 PM AST (0000 UTC), THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.3 NORTH, LONGITUDE 37.3 WEST. GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH (40 KM/H). AN EAST- NORTHEASTWARD MOTION AT A DECREASING FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF GASTON WILL MOVE NEAR THE WESTERN AZORES ON FRIDAY AND PASS NORTH OF THE CENTRAL AZORES ON FRIDAY NIGHT.=