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WTNT32 KNHC 300830
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
SUBTROPICAL STORM LAURA ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL122008
500 AM AST TUE SEP 30 2008

...LAURA MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD THE COLD WATERS OF THE NORTH
ATLANTIC...
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM LAURA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 40.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 49.0 WEST OR ABOUT 485
MILES...785 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR.  A TURN
TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...AND LAURA MAY LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS BY THURSDAY.
 
WINDS OF 40 MPH EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES...350 KM FROM THE
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...40.3 N...49.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN