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WTPZ23 KNHC 092040
TCMEP3
TROPICAL STORM LOWELL FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132008
2100 UTC TUE SEP 09 2008
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA
PENINSULA FROM BAHIA MAGDALENA SOUTHWARD TO CABO SAN LUCAS.
 
INTERESTS IN SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
LOWELL.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 20.9N 113.2W AT 09/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  25 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT   3 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1002 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT....... 45NE  60SE  75SW  45NW.
12 FT SEAS..150NE 150SE  75SW  60NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 20.9N 113.2W AT 09/2100Z
AT 09/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 20.7N 113.2W
 
FORECAST VALID 10/0600Z 21.7N 113.0W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 45NE  45SE  60SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 10/1800Z 22.8N 112.2W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 45NE  45SE  60SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 11/0600Z 23.9N 111.5W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 11/1800Z 25.2N 110.6W
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 12/1800Z 27.0N 110.0W
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 20.9N 113.2W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 10/0300Z
 
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FORECASTER RHOME