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Tropical Storm MARIE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM MARIE ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP142008
800 PM PDT SAT OCT 04 2008
 
...MARIE STILL WEAKENING...

AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 122.3 WEST OR ABOUT 845
MILES...1360 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
MARIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR.  A
TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST THEN WEST WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND MARIE COULD BECOME A DEPRESSION BY SUNDAY
NIGHT OR MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...18.9 N...122.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 3 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 BERG/STEWART
 
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