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Tropical Storm FAUSTO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM FAUSTO ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP072008
800 PM PDT WED JUL 16 2008
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAUSTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 101.7 WEST OR ABOUT 370
MILES...600 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
FAUSTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR.  A
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...11.8 N...101.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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