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Tropical Storm FELICIA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082009
800 AM PDT TUE AUG 04 2009
 
...THE SIXTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS...

AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 124.9 WEST OR ABOUT
1210 MILES...1950 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR
...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND FELICIA COULD
BECOME A HURRICANE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...12.7N 124.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 295 DEGREES AT 14 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE
 
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