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Tropical Depression KARINA (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION KARINA ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP122008
200 AM PDT WED SEP 03 2008
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION KARINA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 113.7 WEST OR ABOUT 315
MILES...510 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...
AND A SLOW WESTWARD MOTION IS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT DAY OR
SO.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A SLOW WEAKENING OF KARINA IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS...AND THE CYCLONE COULD BECOME A REMNANT LOW IN 36
HOURS OR LESS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...20.0 N...113.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/PASCH
 
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