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WTPZ33 KNHC 072037
TCPEP3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LOWELL ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132008
200 PM PDT SUN SEP 07 2008
 
...LOWELL STRENGTHENS A LITTLE MORE AND TURNS NORTHWEST...

AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LOWELL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.8 WEST OR ABOUT 305
MILES...490 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 355
MILES...570 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
LOWELL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED FOR
THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...17.9 N...108.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE