000 WTPZ32 KNHC 220530 TCPEP2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ANDRES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP022009 1100 PM PDT SUN JUN 21 2009 ...ANDRES BECOMES A LITTLE STRONGER... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO NORTHWARD TO MANZANILLO MEXICO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ANDRES. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. AT 1100 PM PDT...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ANDRES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.0 WEST OR ABOUT 200 MILES...325 KM...SOUTH OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO AND ABOUT 330 MILES... 530 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. ANDRES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR... AND A SLOW WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM PDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...14.9N 102.0W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 6 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER PASCH