000 WTPZ32 KNHC 110834 TCPEP2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GILMA ADVISORY NUMBER 17 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP072012 200 AM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012 ...GILMA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY... SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...20.0N 119.9W ABOUT 675 MI...1085 KM WSW OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 335 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 119.9 WEST. GILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/H. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ANTICIPATED BY SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND GILMA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY AND A REMNANT LOW BY TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES...130 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER CANGIALOSI