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WTPZ34 KNHC 122028
TCPEP4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HERNAN ADVISORY NUMBER  25
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP092008
200 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2008
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERNAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 134.1 WEST OR ABOUT
1595 MILES...2565 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 TWO DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AND HERNAN IS
FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY OR
TONIGHT AND A REMNANT LOW BY WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...18.4 N...134.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG/BROWN