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Tropical Storm HILDA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM HILDA ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP112009
200 AM PDT SUN AUG 23 2009

...HILDA A LITTLE STRONGER THIS MORNING...
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HILDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 139.3 WEST OR ABOUT
2025 MILES...3260 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA AND ABOUT 1125 MILES...1810 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HILO
HAWAII.
 
HILDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND A
CONTINUED WEST TO WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...13.7N 139.3W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 275 DEGREES AT 9 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/BROWN
 
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