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 WTNT43 KNHC 071446
 TCDAT3
 TROPICAL STORM MARCO DISCUSSION NUMBER   5
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL132008
 1100 AM EDT TUE OCT 07 2008
  
 HIGH-RESOLUTION VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT MARCO HAS 
 MADE LANDFALL AND THE CENTER IS JUST INLAND OF THE COAST OF CENTRAL
 MEXICO.  THE MOTION HAS BEEN AROUND 270/6 OVER THE PAST FEW
 HOURS...AND A GENERAL WESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD HEADING IS
 EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT.  SINCE THE MOUNTAINS OVER
 CENTRAL MEXICO ARE QUITE HIGH...RAPID WEAKENING IS EXPECTED.  A 24
 HOUR FORECAST POSITION IS SHOWN BUT IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT A
 WELL-DEFINED SURFACE CIRCULATION WILL LAST THAT LONG.  IN
 FACT...MARCO COULD DISSIPATE TONIGHT OR VERY EARLY WEDNESDAY. 
 STILL...THE REMNANTS OF MARCO COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER
 EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MEXICO DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
  
 FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
  
 INITIAL      07/1500Z 19.9N  96.6W    55 KT...INLAND
  12HR VT     08/0000Z 20.3N  97.9W    35 KT...INLAND
  24HR VT     08/1200Z 20.3N  98.8W    20 KT...REMNANT LOW
  36HR VT     09/0000Z...DISSIPATED
  
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