000 WTPZ31 KNHC 010232 TCPEP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM VANCE ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP212014 800 PM PDT FRI OCT 31 2014 ...VANCE WEAKENS SLIGHTLY BUT IS EXPECTED TO RE-STRENGTHEN... SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...9.5N 101.8W ABOUT 525 MI...850 KM SSW OF ACAPULCO MEXICO MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM VANCE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 101.8 WEST. VANCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH VANCE HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...RE-STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND VANCE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY LATE SUNDAY. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER STEWART