The National Hurricane Center has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the portion of the coast from South Santee River, South Carolina to Surf City, North Carolina.  A Tropical Storm Watch remains in effect from Edisto Beach to South Santee River, South Carolina and from Surf City to Cape Lookout, North Carolina.

At 11:00 a.m. EDT on Friday the center of Subtropical Storm Ana was located at latitude 31.5°N north and longitude 77.3°W which put it about 250 miles east of Savannah, Georgia, about 190 miles east-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina and about 180 miles south-southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina.  Ana was nearly stationary.  The maximum sustained wind speed was 45 m.p.h. and there were gusts to 60 m.p.h.  The minimum surface pressure was 1001 mb.

Thunderstorms are forming on the southern and eastern sides of the circulation and Ana is beginning to look more like a tropical cyclone on satellite images.  It could slowly make a transition to a tropical storm during the next several days.

A high pressure system north of Ana is expected to move slowly eastward and steer Ana toward the coast during the next two or three days.  After that time an upper level trough approaching from the west is expected to steer Ana to the northeast and out to sea.

A combination of marginal Sea Surface Temperatures, drier air and some vertical wind shear is expected to limit the potential for intensification.  However, some modest intensification is possible and the surface pressure has decreased slightly in recent hours.