000 WTPZ35 KNHC 111433 TCPEP5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LINDA ADVISORY NUMBER 18 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP152009 800 AM PDT FRI SEP 11 2009 ...LINDA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN... AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LINDA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 130.9 WEST OR ABOUT 1355 MILES...2180 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. LINDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR. A SLOW MOTION TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED...AND LINDA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY AND TO DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT LOW BY THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...20.6N 130.9W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 330 DEGREES AT 6 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER FRANKLIN