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WTPZ33 KNHC 020833
TCPEP3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM OLAF ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP182009
200 AM PDT FRI OCT 02 2009

...OLAF TURNS NORTHWARD...
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OLAF WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 117.5 WEST OR ABOUT 490
MILES...785 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
OLAF IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.  A
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
12 HOURS FOLLOWED BY GRADUAL WEAKENING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...22.0N 117.5W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER CANGIALOSI/BEVEN