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Tropical Storm IGNACIO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP122009
800 AM PDT TUE AUG 25 2009

...IGNACIO SLIGHTLY STRONGER...
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 119.3 WEST OR ABOUT 675
MILES...1090 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
IGNACIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR
...AND A TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS BEFORE IGNACIO REACHES
COOLER WATERS.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.6N 119.3W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 295 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/WALTON
 
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