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WTPZ34 KNHC 121443
TCPEP4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HERNAN ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP092008
800 AM PDT TUE AUG 12 2008
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERNAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 133.6 WEST OR ABOUT
1565 MILES...2515 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
HERNAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
48 HOURS AND HERNAN IS FORECAST BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER
TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...18.3 N...133.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG/BROWN