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TROPICAL STORM CELIA ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT SAT JUL 18 1998
 
...THREAT TO SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA DIMINISHING...

AT 8 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
AT 8 AM THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CELIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
21.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.9 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES...240 KM...
SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.
 
CELIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF CELIA WILL BE GRADUALLY MOVING FARTHER AWAY
FROM SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA.  HOWEVER...ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS
ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST OVER ADJACENT MARINE AREAS FOR THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
OBSERVATIONS FROM NEARBY SHIPS INDICATE THAT CELIA HAS A SOMEWHAT
SMALLER AREA OF STRONG WINDS THAN PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.  TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY ESTIMATED TO EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
105 MILES...165 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...21.7 N...111.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THIS WILL BE THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ON CELIA ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...UNLESS A THREAT TO LAND REDEVELOPS.
 
RAPPAPORT
 
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