ZCZC MIATCPEP5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KIKO ADVISORY NUMBER 26 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP152007 200 AM PDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ...KIKO MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD PARALLEL TO THE COAST OF MEXICO... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA LATER TODAY. INTERESTS ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF CENTRAL MEXICO AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KIKO. AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KIKO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.3 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES...205 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO AND ABOUT 300 MILES...485 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO. KIKO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD KEEP THE CENTER OF KIKO OFFSHORE AND MOVING PARALLEL TO THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS...AND KIKO COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES. ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO IN REGIONS OF ONSHORE FLOW. KIKO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST CENTRAL MEXICO COASTAL STATES OF JALISCO AND NAYARIT. REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...19.3 N...107.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER MAINELLI NNNN
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