Tropical Storm EMILIA

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TROPICAL STORM EMILIA ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP062006
800 AM PDT TUE JUL 25 2006

...EMILIA STRENGTHENS AS IT MOVES NORTHWESTWARD.  TROPICAL STORM
WATCHES ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA...
 
AT 800 PDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA FROM
BUENAVISTA TO BAHIA MAGDALENA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EMILIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.3 WEST OR ABOUT 185
MILES...295 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
EMILIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED.  WHILE THIS MOTION SHOULD KEEP THE CENTER OF EMILIA
OFFSHORE...THE STORM MAY COME CLOSE ENOUGH TO CAUSE TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...20.6 N...111.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200
PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME/BEVEN
 
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