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Tropical Storm LOWELL (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LOWELL ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132008
200 AM PDT MON SEP 08 2008
 
...LOWELL NEARING SOCORRO ISLAND...

AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LOWELL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 110.6 WEST OR ABOUT 50
MILES... 80 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SOCORRO ISLAND AND ABOUT 330
MILES...530 KM...SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
LOWELL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR.
A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
IS EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH
LATE TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST TODAY OR TONIGHT...AND
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.
   
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...18.2 N...110.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
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