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TROPICAL STORM BORIS ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT SUN JUN 09 2002
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PUNTA SAN TELMO TO
CABO CORRIENTES.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BORIS WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 17.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.9 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES 
...210 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
BORIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR 
...AND A SLOW WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  A SMALL DEVIATION TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST 
TRACK COULD RESULT IN TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REACHING THE COAST.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH BORIS ARE LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE.  IF 
THESE RAINS MOVE ONSHORE...THEY COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 
FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...17.2 N...104.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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