Tropical Storm NORBERT

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TROPICAL STORM NORBERT ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152008
800 PM PDT SUN OCT 05 2008

...NORBERT A LITTLE STRONGER AS IT MOVES SLOWLY AWAY FROM MEXICO...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORBERT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.7 WEST OR ABOUT 340
MILES...550 KM...SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 
ON THE FORECAST TRACK...NORBERT SHOULD REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF
THE PACIFIC COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...
AND NORBERT COULD BECOME A HURRICANE ON MONDAY. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...14.1 N...103.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...993 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER STEWART
 
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