000 WTPZ33 KNHC 231432 TCPEP3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GENEVIEVE ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP082008 800 AM PDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...GENEVIEVE MOVING WESTWARD...NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH... AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GENEVIEVE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.3 WEST OR ABOUT 430 MILES...695 KM...SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. GENEVIEVE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND GENEVIEVE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES. REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...15.0 N...109.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER ROBERTS/AVILA