000
WTPZ31 KNHC 190232
TCPEP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM MARTY ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP162009
800 PM PDT FRI SEP 18 2009
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARTY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 115.9 WEST OR ABOUT
390 MILES...625 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
MARTY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND THEN TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND MARTY IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON SATURDAY AND A REMNANT LOW BY
SUNDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...21.9N 115.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 315 DEGREES AT 9 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN