000
WTPZ35 KNHC 050241
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NORBERT ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152008
800 PM PDT SAT OCT 04 2008

...DEPRESSION BECOMES A TROPICAL STORM NORBERT SOUTH OF MEXICO...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORBERT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.9 WEST OR ABOUT 245
MILES...395 KM...SOUTH OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR. THIS
GENERAL TRACK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY....KEEPING
TROPICAL STORM NORBERT WELL SOUTH OF THE COAST OF MEXICO. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...14.2 N...100.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER STEWART