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Tropical Storm MARTY (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM MARTY ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP162009
200 PM PDT WED SEP 16 2009

...MARTY A LITTLE STRONGER...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARTY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.6 WEST OR ABOUT 325
MILES...525 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
MARTY IS NEARLY STATIONARY.  A SLOW NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TODAY....AND MARTY IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
  
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.9N 112.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...STATIONARY
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
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