000
WTNT32 KNHC 301433
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LAURA ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL122008
1100 AM AST TUE SEP 30 2008
 
...LAURA BECOMES TROPICAL...BUT NOT FOR LONG...

AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LAURA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 48.8 WEST OR ABOUT 435
MILES...700 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
LAURA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR.  LAURA
CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE...AND A TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...AND LAURA COULD LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS BY WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...41.2 N...48.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BERG/PASCH