000
WTNT32 KNHC 302035
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LAURA ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL122008
500 PM AST TUE SEP 30 2008
 
...LAURA EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL SOON...

AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LAURA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 42.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 48.6 WEST OR ABOUT 375
MILES...605 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
LAURA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.  LAURA WILL BEGIN TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS TONIGHT
AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL ON 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 500 PM AST POSITION...42.3 N...48.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BERG/PASCH