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Tropical Storm POLO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM POLO ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP182008
700 PM PST SUN NOV 02 2008
 
...DEPRESSION BECOMES TROPICAL STORM POLO WHILE MOVING BRISKLY
WESTWARD...

AT 700 PM PST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM POLO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 8.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.3 WEST OR ABOUT 970
MILES...1565 KM...SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
POLO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR.  A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 700 PM PST POSITION...8.9 N...111.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
100 AM PST.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN/FRANKLIN
 
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