HURRICANE NOGURI - 0253Z, 12-JAN-08

HURRICANE NOGURI NOW LOCATED AT 176W, 40N. IT HAS UNDERGONE ANOTHER WOBBLE BUT HAS, FOR NOW, RESUMED ESE TRACK. MOST RECENT ENSEMBLE NOW DEPICTS ONLY A BRIEF STATIONARY EPISODE WITH TRACK THEN TURNING NE. APPEARS THIS STORM WILL FOLLOW SIMILAR TRACK AS BORIS, FROM THAT JUNCTURE. STILL PROG'ING OVERALL WEAKENING, LIKELY TO BE A TD AT LANDFALL, ASSUMING TRACK HOLDS. EOT. FORECASTER - EL-RABAT.