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Tropical Storm MARIE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM MARIE ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP142008
200 AM PDT SUN OCT 05 2008
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 122.0 WEST OR ABOUT 830
MILES...1335 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
MARIE HAS BEEN MEANDERING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND THE
CURRENT MOTION IS ESTIMATED TO BE STATIONARY.  A SLOW ERRATIC
MOTION TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
MARIE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION AND THEN DEGENERATE TO
A REMNANT LOW OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...18.9 N...122.0 W.  MOVEMENT...
STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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