ZCZC MIATCPEP2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FRANK INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 AM PDT SAT AUG 08 1998 ...FRAN MOVING NORTHWARD...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA LATER TODAY... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM CABO SAN LAZARO TO PUNTA ABREOJOS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM JUST NORTH OF PUNTA ABREOJOS TO PUNTA EUGENIA. AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANK WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.7 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES... 130 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LAZARO ON THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA. FRANK IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF FRANK WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE PARALLEL AND NOT TOO FAR FROM THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA TODAY. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH 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 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA...AND COULD PRODUCE LIFE -THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. REPEATING THE 5 AM PDT POSITION...23.8 N...112.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 AM PDT. AVILA NNNN