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Tropical Storm POLO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM POLO ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP182008
700 AM PST TUE NOV 04 2008
 
...POLO CONTINUES MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST...

AT 700 AM PST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM POLO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 117.6 WEST OR ABOUT 1030
MILES...1660 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
POLO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
SO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 700 AM PST POSITION...9.9 N...117.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
100 PM PST.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN/PASCH
 
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