000 WTPZ33 KNHC 092350 TCPEP3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LOWELL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 12A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132008 500 PM PDT TUE SEP 09 2008 ...OUTER RAIN BANDS OF LOWELL NEARING THE SOUTHWESTERN BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA FROM BAHIA MAGDALENA SOUTHWARD TO CABO SAN LUCAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF LOWELL. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 500 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LOWELL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 113.2 WEST OR ABOUT 220 MILES...355 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA AND ABOUT 250 MILES...400 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LAZARO MEXICO. LOWELL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF LOWELL IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA LATE WEDNESDAY OR EARLY THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. LOWELL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SINALOA AND SONORA STATES IN MAINLAND MEXICO. REPEATING THE 500 PM PDT POSITION...21.1 N...113.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER STEWART