000 WTPZ32 KNHC 051440 TCPEP2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ENRIQUE ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP072009 ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 800 AM PDT WED AUG 05 2009 AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ENRIQUE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 122.1 WEST OR ABOUT 880 MILES...1415 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. ENRIQUE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR. THIS TRACK WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ENRIQUE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 100 MILES...160 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...17.3N 122.1W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 305 DEGREES AT 16 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER SOWKO