000 WTPZ35 KNHC 061441 TCPEP5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NORBERT ADVISORY NUMBER 11 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP152008 800 AM PDT MON OCT 06 2008 AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORBERT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.7 WEST OR ABOUT 325 MILES...525 KM...SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED...IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...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. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES. REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...14.3 N...104.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...993 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER RHOME