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Tropical Storm LOWELL (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LOWELL ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132008
800 AM PDT TUE SEP 09 2008

...LOWELL WEAKENING OVER WATER...
 
INTERESTS IN SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
LOWELL.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LOWELL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 113.5 WEST OR ABOUT 265
MILES...425 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA AND ABOUT 275 MILES...440 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CABO
SAN LAZARO MEXICO.
 
LOWELL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR.  A
TURN NORTHWARD WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST ON  
WEDNESDAY.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF LOWELL IS FORECAST TO
APPROACH THE WEST COAST OF SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA LATE WEDNESDAY
OR EARLY THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...21.0 N...113.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME
 
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