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Tropical Storm PALOMA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM PALOMA ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL172008
1000 AM EST SUN NOV 09 2008
 
...PALOMA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER CUBA...

AT 10 AM EST...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS
DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE BAHAMAS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1000 AM EST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PALOMA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.9 WEST OR NEAR
CAMAGUEY CUBA.
 
PALOMA IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 2 MPH...4
KM/HR...AND A SLOW NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
CENTER OF PALOMA SHOULD BE NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA LATER TODAY
AND BE APPROACHING THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS BY MONDAY MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND PALOMA IS
FORECAST TO DEGENERATE TO A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BY MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER
PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS.
 
REPEATING THE 1000 AM EST POSITION...21.2 N...77.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
400 PM EST.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH
 
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