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Hurricane MARIA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM MARIA ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2005

...MARIA FINALLY BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL AND EXPECTED TO BECOME A
LARGE AND POWERFUL MID-LATITUDE CYCLONE WITH WINDS TO HURRICANE
FORCE...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 43.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  38.6 WEST OR ABOUT  735
MILES...1185 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND
AND ABOUT  720 MILES...1155 KM...NORTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
MARIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE NEXT
24 HOURS
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES
...370 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  989 MB...29.21 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...43.6 N... 38.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 989 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.
 
FORECASTER RHOME/KNABB
 
 
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