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WTPZ31 KNHC 180232
TCPEP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM MARTY ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP162009
800 PM PDT THU SEP 17 2009

...MARTY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARTY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 113.6 WEST OR ABOUT
310 MILES...500 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
MARTY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH
A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST FORECAST ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO AND MARTY 
IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATE FRIDAY OR SATURDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.0N 113.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 325 DEGREES AT 3 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN