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Tropical Storm PATRICIA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM PATRICIA ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP192009
800 AM PDT MON OCT 12 2009
 
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA...

AT 8 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM LA PAZ TO SANTA FE. A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PATRICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.6 WEST OR ABOUT 265
MILES...425 KM...SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
PATRICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR
...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
TO 36 HOURS.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF PATRICIA WILL
BE VERY NEAR THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME 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 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...19.1N 109.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 330 DEGREES AT 8 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 AM PDT...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/FRANKLIN
 
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