000
WTPZ32 KNHC 240237
TCPEP2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NORA ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP172009
800 PM PDT WED SEP 23 2009
 
...NORA STRENGTHENS A LITTLE MORE...

AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 119.1 WEST OR ABOUT 725
MILES...1165 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
NORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A TURN TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY GRADUAL WEAKENING ON FRIDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...17.0N 119.1W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 295 DEGREES AT 7 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG