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TROPICAL STORM ILEANA ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT MON AUG 14 2000
 
...ILEANA A LITTLE BIT STRONGER...HEADING TOWARD SOUTHERN BAJA
CALIFORNIA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BAJA
CALIFORNIA FROM LA PAZ AROUND THE PENINSULA TO TODOS LOS SANTOS.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ILEANA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.4 WEST OR ABOUT 245
MILES...395 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS BAJA CALIFORNIA.

ILEANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON
THIS TRACK ILEANA SHOULD BE PASSING SOUTH OF VERY NEAR THE SOUTHERN
TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA ON TUESDAY.  HOWEVER...ANY DEVIATION TO THE
NORTH OF THE TRACK WILL BRING THE CORE OF ILEANA MUCH CLOSER OR OVER
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PENINSULA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ILEANA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES ...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
A FEW RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH ILEANA ARE STILL AFFECTING PORTIONS
OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...20.2 N...107.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 PM
PDT. 
 
FORECASTER AVILA
  
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