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Tropical Storm NORBERT (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM NORBERT ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152008
200 AM PDT MON OCT 06 2008

...NORBERT CONTINUES WESTWARD....
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORBERT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.9 WEST OR ABOUT 340
MILES...545 KM...SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR.  A WEST TO
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AND
NORBERT COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...14.1 N...103.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...993 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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