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WTPZ35 KNHC 090243
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LINDA ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152009
800 PM PDT TUE SEP 08 2009

...LINDA SLIGHTLY STRONGER...STILL MOVING SLOWLY...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LINDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 128.4 WEST OR ABOUT
1305 MILES...2100 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
LINDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 2 MPH...4 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY.  LINDA IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN ON THURSDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
MAINLY TO THE WEST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...15.6N 128.4W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 330 DEGREES AT 2 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN