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Tropical Storm MARIE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM MARIE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP142008
800 PM PDT WED OCT 01 2008
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 119.5 WEST OR ABOUT 705
MILES...1140 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
MARIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR.  A
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
A TURN TOWARD THE WEST WITH SOME REDUCTION IN FORWARD SPEED IS
FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...18.0 N...119.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
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