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Tropical Storm MARIE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM MARIE ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP142008
200 PM PDT SAT OCT 04 2008

...MARIE WEAKENS...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 122.2 WEST OR ABOUT 850
MILES...1370 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
MARIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 2 MPH...4 KM/HR...AND A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST AND INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED TOMORROW.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...100
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  STEADY WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE FROM SATELLITE IMAGES IS 992
MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...18.5 N...122.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE
 
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