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Tropical Storm JULIO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM JULIO ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP112008
200 AM PDT MON AUG 25 2008

....JULIO CONTINUING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...WARNINGS DISCONTINUED FOR
THE SOUTHERN END OF BAJA CALIFORNIA...
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SOUTH OF SANTA FE...AND ALONG THE EAST COAST
OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SOUTH OF LA PAZ.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM PUNTA ABREOJOS TO SANTA FE ON THE WEST
COAST...AND FROM LA PAZ TO MULEGE ON THE EAST COAST.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE WEST COAST OF
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NORTH OF PUNTA ABREOJOS TO EL POCITO...
AND ALONG THE EAST COAST NORTH OF MULEGE TO BAHIA SAN JUAN
BAUTISTA.
 
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 25.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.8 WEST OR ABOUT 30
MILES... 45 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LORETO MEXICO.
 
JULIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 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 WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL BAJA
CALIFORNIA TODAY AND INTO THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND
JULIO IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
JULIO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...25.8 N...111.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 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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