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Tropical Storm IGNACIO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP122009
200 PM PDT WED AUG 26 2009

...IGNACIO MOVING OVER COOLER WATER...EXPECTED TO WEAKEN... 
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 124.5 WEST OR ABOUT 935
MILES...1500 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
IGNACIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND IGNACIO
IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT AND DEGENERATE
INTO A REMNANT LOW ON THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES...415 KM
MAINLY TO THE EAST FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
  
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...22.1N 124.5W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/PASCH
 
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