000
WTPZ35 KNHC 092033
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LINDA ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152009
200 PM PDT WED SEP 09 2009
 
...LINDA ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING A HURRICANE...

AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LINDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 129.0 WEST OR ABOUT
1310 MILES...2110 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
LINDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR.  THIS
GENERAL MOTION WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...
110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LINDA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE
TONIGHT BUT A GRADUAL WEAKENING SHOULD BEGIN ON FRIDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...16.7N 129.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 325 DEGREES AT 3 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 AVILA