000 WTPZ35 KNHC 060845 TCPEP5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NORBERT ADVISORY NUMBER 10 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP152008 200 AM PDT MON OCT 06 2008 ...NORBERT CONTINUES WESTWARD.... AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORBERT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.9 WEST OR ABOUT 340 MILES...545 KM...SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR. A WEST TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AND NORBERT COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES. REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...14.1 N...103.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...993 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BROWN