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Tropical Storm GUILLERMO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM GUILLERMO ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP102009
800 PM PDT WED AUG 12 2009
 
...GUILLERMO...THE SEVENTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE EAST PACIFIC
SEASON...FORMS FAR FROM LAND...

SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN-E HAS
STRENGTHENED AND HAS BECOME TROPICAL STORM GUILLERMO. AT 800 PM
PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 16.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 119.2 WEST OR ABOUT 760 MILES...
1225 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
GUILLERMO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY
OR TWO.
 
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 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...16.2N 119.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 16 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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