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WTPZ34 KNHC 310846
TCPEP4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM KEVIN ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP142009
200 AM PDT MON AUG 31 2009
 
...KEVIN MOVING SLOWLY NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...BARELY A TROPICAL
STORM...

AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KEVIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 121.7 WEST OR ABOUT 895
MILES...1435 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
KEVIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH AN ADDITIONAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND
KEVIN COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...
TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...16.3N 121.7W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 15 DEGREES AT 6 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG