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Tropical Storm PATRICIA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM PATRICIA ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP192009
200 AM PDT MON OCT 12 2009

...PATRICIA A LITTLE STRONGER...CONTINUES NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...
 
INTERESTS IN SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
PATRICIA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR A PORTION OF
THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA LATER TODAY.
  
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PATRICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.9 WEST OR ABOUT 305
MILES...490 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
PATRICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR. 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON TUESDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...
PATRICIA WILL BE APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAJA
PENINSULA ON TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
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 200 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.6N 108.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 345 DEGREES AT 7 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
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