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Tropical Storm JIMENA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM JIMENA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  25A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132009
500 PM PDT THU SEP 03 2009
  
...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN MEXICO...
  
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM HUATABAMPITO TO
BAHIA KINO.  
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 500 PM PDT...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JIMENA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.9 WEST OR ABOUT 30
MILES...50 KM...NORTHEAST OF SANTA ROSALIA MEXICO.
 
JIMENA HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 2 MPH...4 KM/HR DURING THE PAST
FEW HOURS.  JIMENA IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE WEST OR
WEST-SOUTHWEST LATER TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...JIMENA IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NEAR OR OVER CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA THROUGH
SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND JIMENA IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT AND DEGENERATE
INTO A REMNANT LOW ON FRIDAY.
 
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.
 
JIMENA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN MEXICO AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE
CENTRAL PORTION OF THE BAJA PENINSULA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM-TOTAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 30 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE. 
 
HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING
WAVES ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST OF THE CENTRAL BAJA PENINSULA AND
NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW.
  
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...27.6N 111.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...SOUTHEAST OR 130 DEGREES AT 2 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
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