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Tropical Storm LOWELL (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LOWELL ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132008
200 AM PDT TUE SEP 09 2008

...LOWELL CONTINUES NORTHWESTWARD...
 
INTERESTS IN SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS
OF LOWELL.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LOWELL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.9 WEST OR ABOUT 245
MILES...395 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
AND ABOUT 285 MILES...460 KM...SOUTH OF CABO SAN LAZARO MEXICO.
 
LOWELL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR.  A
NORTHWEST TO NORTHWARD MOTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST ON  
WEDNESDAY.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF LOWELL IS FORECAST TO
APPROACH THE WEST COAST OF SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA LATE WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...20.7 N...112.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 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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