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WTPZ32 KNHC 222028
TCPEP2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM IVO ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP122007
200 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 2007

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN BAJA...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM SANTA FE SOUTHWARD TO CABO SAN
LUCAS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IVO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 21.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.5 WEST OR ABOUT 185 MILES
...295 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
IVO IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...7
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  IVO IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN 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 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...21.8 N...112.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER MAINELLI