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Tropical Storm NANA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM NANA ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL142008
1100 PM EDT SUN OCT 12 2008
 
...TROPICAL STORM IN EASTERN ATLANTIC EXPECTED TO WEAKEN...

AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NANA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 38.8 WEST OR ABOUT 980
MILES...1580 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
NANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NANA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON
MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM EDT POSITION...16.6 N...38.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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