000
WTPZ34 KNHC 060235
TCPEP4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM MARIE ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP142008
800 PM PDT SUN OCT 05 2008
 
...MARIE HANGS ON AS A TROPICAL STORM...

AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 123.0 WEST OR ABOUT 900
MILES...1445 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
MARIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO
WITH A TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST ON TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  MARIE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER
TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY THEN DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT LOW BY
TUESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...18.5 N...123.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG/STEWART