Tropical Storm DOUGLAS

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TROPICAL STORM DOUGLAS ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP042008
200 AM PDT THU JUL 03 2008

...DOUGLAS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION LATER TODAY...
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOUGLAS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.2 WEST OR ABOUT 230
MILES...375 KM...SOUTH OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO AND ABOUT 320 MILES
...520 KM...WEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
DOUGLAS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. 
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND DOUGLAS IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...19.6 N...109.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KNABB
 
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