000 WTPZ31 KNHC 162037 TCPEP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MARTY ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP162009 200 PM PDT WED SEP 16 2009 ...MARTY A LITTLE STRONGER... AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARTY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.6 WEST OR ABOUT 325 MILES...525 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. MARTY IS NEARLY STATIONARY. A SLOW NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TODAY....AND MARTY IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...18.9N 112.6W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...STATIONARY MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BROWN