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Tropical Storm KIKO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KIKO ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152007
800 AM PDT SUN OCT 21 2007

...KIKO WEAKENS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...
 
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.
 
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 KIKO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.4 WEST OR ABOUT 135
MILES...215 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO AND ABOUT 295
MILES...475 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.
 
KIKO IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 2 MPH...4
KM/HR...AND A TURN TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING 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 997 MB...29.44 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 WINDS.
 
KIKO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO
3 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST CENTRAL MEXICAN COASTAL STATES OF
JALISCO AND NAYARIT.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...19.3 N...107.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME
 
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