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#219620 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:34 AM 01.Oct.2008) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LAURA ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL122008 500 AM AST WED OCT 01 2008 ...LAURA WEAKENING OVER THE COLD NORTH ATLANTIC WATERS... AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LAURA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 44.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 47.6 WEST OR ABOUT 295 MILES...475 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. LAURA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST FORECAST ON THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WHILE LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...LAURA IS EXPECTED TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...44.8 N...47.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN |