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WTNT32 KNHC 011438  
TCPAT2  
BULLETIN  
TROPICAL STORM LAURA ADVISORY NUMBER 10  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL122008  
1100 AM AST WED OCT 01 2008  
   
..LAURA LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OVER COLD WATERS
 
 
AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF LAURA WAS LOCATED NEAR  
LATITUDE 46.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 46.5 WEST OR ABOUT 315 MILES...505  
KM...EAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.  
 
LAURA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR.  
A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS  
FOLLOWED BY A TURN TO THE EAST.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER  
GUSTS. EVEN THOUGH LAURA IS NO LONGER A TROPICAL CYCLONE...IT IS  
EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN ITS STRENGTH AS AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW FOR AT  
LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM  
FROM THE CENTER.  
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.  
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...46.5 N...46.5 W. MOVEMENT  
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45  
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB.  
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE  
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE  
FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.  
 

 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN  
 
 
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