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Tropical Storm HERNAN (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM HERNAN ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP092008
800 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2008

...HERNAN SLOWLY WEAKENING...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERNAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 131.7 WEST OR ABOUT
1435 MILES...2305 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
HERNAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST IS ANTICIPATED TOMORROW AND A WEST-
SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...18.9 N...131.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE
 
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