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WTPZ33 KNHC 041639
TCPEP3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FELICIA SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082009
1000 AM PDT TUE AUG 04 2009

...FELICIA APPROACHING HURRICANE STRENGTH...
 
AT 1000 AM PDT...1700 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 125.8 WEST OR ABOUT
1275 MILES...2055 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND A
WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
INCREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FELICIA
IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1000 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...12.3N 125.8W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 15 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE/PASCH