Tropical Storm NORBERT

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TROPICAL STORM NORBERT ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152008
800 AM PDT SUN OCT 05 2008

...NORBERT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN SOUTH OF MEXICO...
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORBERT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 101.9 WEST OR ABOUT 215
MILES...345 KM...SOUTH OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT TWO
DAYS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND NORBERT COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY
TOMORROW.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...14.6 N...101.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 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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