000 WTNT33 KNHC 230847 TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL ADVISORY NUMBER 18 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032008 500 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...CRISTOBAL BECOMING AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE... AT 500 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 44.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.9 WEST OR ABOUT 380 MILES...610 KM...EAST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA. CRISTOBAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 31 MPH...50 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE EAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY A TURN SOUTHEAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 AM EDT POSITION...44.7 N...55.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 31 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON CRISTOBAL. $$ FORECASTER RHOME