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WTPZ35 KNHC 062050
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NORBERT ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152008
200 PM PDT MON OCT 06 2008

...NORBERT STRENGTHENS A LITTLE...NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORBERT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 105.3 WEST OR ABOUT 320
MILES...510 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND THEN NORTH-NORTHWEST IS
FORECAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL 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 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...14.5 N...105.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME