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Tropical Storm HILDA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM HILDA ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP112009
800 PM PDT SAT AUG 22 2009
 
...HILDA MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD...

AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HILDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 138.5 WEST OR ABOUT
1980 MILES...3185 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA AND ABOUT 1175 MILES...1895 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HILO
HAWAII.
 
HILDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND A WEST
TO WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS. 
 
DATA FROM A MICROWAVE SATELLITE INDICATE THAT HILDA IS A SMALL
STORM...WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTENDING OUTWARD UP TO 35
MILES...55 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...13.6N 138.5W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 9 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE
 
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