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WTPZ33 KNHC 070224
TCPEP3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LOWELL ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132008
800 PM PDT SAT SEP 06 2008

...TROPICAL STORM LOWELL FORMS OFF THE SOUTHWESTERN MEXICAN COAST...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF NEWLY-FORMED TROPICAL STORM
LOWELL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 106.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 265 MILES...430 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
TROPICAL STORM LOWELL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12
MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
48 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND
LOWELL COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY AS LOWELL
GRADUALLY MOVES AWAY FROM THE MEXICAN COAST.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...15.7 N...106.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER STEWART