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WTPZ32 KNHC 250233
TCPEP2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP122009
800 PM PDT MON AUG 24 2009
 
...DEPRESSION BECOMES THE NINTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE EAST PACIFIC
SEASON...

AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 117.8 WEST OR ABOUT 655
MILES...1055 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
IGNACIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR. 
A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST BEFORE IGNACIO REACHES COOLER
WATERS IN A DAY OR TWO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...17.0N 117.8W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG