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Hurricane MARIE (Text)

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HURRICANE MARIE ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP142008
800 PM PDT FRI OCT 03 2008
 
...MARIE DRIFTING NORTHWARD...NO THREAT TO LAND...

AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MARIE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 122.1 WEST OR ABOUT 860 MILES
...1385 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
MARIE HAS BEEN DRIFTING TO THE NORTH OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS...BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A SLOW WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  MARIE SHOULD THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105
MILES...165 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...17.9 N...122.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG/STEWART
 
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