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WTPZ32 KNHC 221438
TCPEP2
 
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM BUD ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP022012
800 AM PDT TUE MAY 22 2012
 
...BUD MAINTAINING 40-MPH WINDS...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...11.1N 104.0W
ABOUT 485 MI...780 KM SSW OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO
ABOUT 545 MI...880 KM S OF MANZANILLO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BUD WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.0 WEST. BUD IS
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/H.  A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
LATER TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH BY THURSDAY
MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REAMIN NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS...AND BUD COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM
MAINLY TO THE WEST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG