Tropical Storm ANDRES

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TROPICAL STORM ANDRES ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022009
200 AM PDT MON JUN 22 2009

...ANDRES STRENGTHENS A LITTLE MORE WHILE MOVING SLOWLY...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO
NORTHWARD TO MANZANILLO MEXICO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ANDRES.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ANDRES WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.1 WEST OR ABOUT 190
MILES...305 KM...SOUTH OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO AND ABOUT 310 MILES...
505 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
ANDRES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR...
AND A SLOW WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND ANDRES COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

...SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...15.0N 102.1W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT 3 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 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 PASCH
 
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