000
WTNT33 KNHC 160247
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM BILL ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL032009
1100 PM AST SAT AUG 15 2009
 
...BILL MOVING WESTWARD OVER THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...

AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 36.6 WEST OR ABOUT 905
MILES...1460 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND BILL IS FORECAST TO
BECOME A HURRICANE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...11.3N 36.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 16 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA