Tropical Storm DOUGLAS

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TROPICAL STORM DOUGLAS ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP042008
200 PM PDT WED JUL 02 2008

...DOUGLAS CONTINUES NORTHWESTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH...
 
INTERESTS IN THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SHOULD MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF DOUGLAS.
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOUGLAS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.3 WEST OR ABOUT 270
MILES...435 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 345
MILES...560 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.
 
DOUGLAS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR.  A
MOTION BETWEEN WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST WITH SOME DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
OUTER RAINBANDS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTING THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF
MEXICO TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MOVE AWAY FROM THE COAST
TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...18.1 N...108.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
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