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Tropical Storm DORA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP042011
200 AM PDT SUN JUL 24 2011
 
...DORA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...EXPECTED TO BECOME A REMNANT LOW LATER
TODAY...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...23.0N 113.7W
ABOUT 155 MI...245 KM SW OF CABO SAN LAZARO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 113.7 WEST.  DORA IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/H.  A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  DORA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION AND THEN DEGENERATE TO A REMNANT LOW LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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SURF...SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH DORA WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ALONG THE
SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG
 
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