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WTPZ34 KNHC 030832
TCPEP4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM MARIE ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP142008
200 AM PDT FRI OCT 03 2008

...MARIE INTENSIFIES SLIGHTLY...
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 121.9 WEST OR ABOUT 855
MILES...1375 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
MARIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR.  A SLOW AND
POSSIBLY ERRATIC MOTION TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...
95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...17.8 N...121.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN