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Tropical Storm RICK (Text)


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TROPICAL STORM RICK ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP202009
200 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009
 
...RICK CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY QUICKLY...EXPECTED TO BECOME A
HURRICANE LATER TODAY...

AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM RICK WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.7 WEST OR ABOUT 315
MILES...505 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
RICK IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED BY SATURDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...100
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND RICK IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.

...SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...12.5N 98.7W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 9 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER CANGIALOSI/BRENNAN
 
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