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WTPZ35 KNHC 052041
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NORBERT ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152008
200 PM PDT SUN OCT 05 2008
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORBERT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.1 WEST OR ABOUT 250
MILES...400 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 
ON THE FORECAST TRACK...NORBERT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF
THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
NORBERT COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY MONDAY. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...14.4 N...103.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME