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Tropical Storm BONNIE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BONNIE ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT MON AUG 09 2004
 
...BONNIE MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD OVER SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO...

AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.2 WEST OR ABOUT 
390 MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
BONNIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
BONNIE IS RATHER SMALL AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO ONLY 30 MILES...45 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
INTERESTS IN THE NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF BONNIE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...23.4 N... 89.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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