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WTPZ32 KNHC 030229
TCPEP2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION KARINA ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP122008
800 PM PDT TUE SEP 02 2008

...KARINA WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION KARINA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.9 WEST OR ABOUT 280
MILES...450 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11
KM/HR... AND A SLOW WESTWARD MOTION IS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT DAY OR
SO.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A SLOW WEAKENING OF KARINA IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...20.0 N...112.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35
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 BLAKE