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Tropical Storm IGNACIO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP122009
800 PM PDT TUE AUG 25 2009
 
...IGNACIO ACCELERATING NORTHWESTWARD OVER COOLER WATERS...

AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 121.5 WEST OR ABOUT 765
MILES...1230 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
IGNACIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR.  THIS
GENERAL TRACK WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS NOW THAT
IGNACIO IS MOVING OVER COOLER WATERS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280
KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.4N 121.5W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 305 DEGREES AT 15 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
 
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