000 WTPZ31 KNHC 182037 TCPEP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MARTY ADVISORY NUMBER 11 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP162009 200 PM PDT FRI SEP 18 2009 ...MARTY EXPECTED TO WEAKEN... AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARTY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 115.2 WEST OR ABOUT 360 MILES...580 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. MARTY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND THEN TOWARD THE WEST WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND MARTY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A REMNANT LOW IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...21.1N 115.2W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 7 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BRENNAN