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Tropical Storm NORBERT (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM NORBERT ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152008
200 AM PDT SUN OCT 05 2008

...NORBERT A LITTLE STRONGER...
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORBERT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 101.4 WEST OR ABOUT 240
MILES...390 KM...SOUTH OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR.  A GENERAL
WEST TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO.  ON THIS TRACK...NORBERT WILL PASS WELL SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN
COAST OF MEXICO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS 
AND NORBERT COULD BECOME A HURRICANE ON MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...14.2 N...101.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
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