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WTPZ33 KNHC 020231
TCPEP3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM OLAF ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP182009
800 PM PDT THU OCT 01 2009
 
...OLAF MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST... 

AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OLAF WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 117.8 WEST OR ABOUT 530
MILES...850 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
OLAF IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR. A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT TWO
DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12
HOURS FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL WEAKENING THEREAFTER.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.7N 117.8W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 315 DEGREES AT 7 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA