Tropical Storm BLANCA

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TROPICAL STORM BLANCA ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP032009
200 PM PDT TUE JUL 07 2009

...BLANCA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...

AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BLANCA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 116.5 WEST OR ABOUT 480
MILES...770 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
BLANCA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND A
WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST TRACK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL
DISSIPATION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS AS THE CYCLONE MOVES OVER COLDER WATERS.
 
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.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...19.7N 116.5W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 305 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/AVILA
 
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