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Tropical Storm LAURA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LAURA ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL122008
500 AM AST WED OCT 01 2008

...LAURA WEAKENING OVER THE COLD NORTH ATLANTIC WATERS...
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LAURA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 44.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 47.6 WEST OR ABOUT 295
MILES...475 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
LAURA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR. 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST FORECAST ON
THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...
75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WHILE LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...LAURA IS EXPECTED TO LOSE
TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...44.8 N...47.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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