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WTPZ32 KNHC 021540
TCPEP2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM KARINA SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP122008
900 AM PDT TUE SEP 02 2008
 
...TROPICAL STORM FORMS IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC... 

AT 900 AM PDT...1600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KARINA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.5 WEST OR ABOUT 265
MILES...425 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
KARINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH A TURN TO THE
WEST AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING EXPECTED THEREAFTER.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 900 AM PDT POSITION...19.4 N...111.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN