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Tropical Storm ELIDA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ELIDA ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP062008
200 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2008

...ELIDA MOVING AWAY FROM MEXICO...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ELIDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 105.3 WEST OR ABOUT 245
MILES...395 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 585
MILES...945 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
ELIDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON MONDAY WITH A SLIGHT TURN
TOWARD THE WEST ON TUESDAY.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ELIDA COULD STILL BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE IT REACHES
COOLER WATERS IN A COUPLE DAYS.
 
MICROWAVE DATA INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...15.6 N...105.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE
 
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