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Tropical Storm GILMA


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TROPICAL STORM GILMA ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP072012
200 AM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012
 
...GILMA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION LATER TODAY...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...20.0N 119.9W
ABOUT 675 MI...1085 KM WSW OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 335 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 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 GILMA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 119.9 WEST. GILMA IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/H. THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST ANTICIPATED BY SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND
GILMA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY AND A
REMNANT LOW BY TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES...130 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER CANGIALOSI
 
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