Tropical Storm JULIO

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TROPICAL STORM JULIO ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP112008
200 AM PDT SUN AUG 24 2008

...WARNINGS AND WATCHES EXTENDED NORTHWARD ALONG THE COASTS OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA...
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS EXTENDED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING NORTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA TO BAHIA MAGDALENA...AND NORTHWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST
TO LORETO.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM BAHIA
MAGDALENA ON THE WEST COAST AROUND THE PENINSULA NORTHWARD TO
LORETO ON THE EAST COAST.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH ALONG THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTH
OF BAHIA MAGDALENA TO PUNTA ABREOJOS...AND ALONG THE EAST COAST
NORTH OF LORETO TO MULEGE.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...
GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JULIO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.6 WEST OR ABOUT
100 MILES...160 KM...SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
JULIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF JULIO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE
SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR SUNDAY
NIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING 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 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
JULIO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL BAJA PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...21.5 N...109.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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