000 WTPZ33 KNHC 100538 TCPEP3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LOWELL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 13A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132008 1100 PM PDT TUE SEP 09 2008 ...LOWELL A LITTLE WEAKER... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA FROM BAHIA MAGDALENA SOUTHWARD TO CABO SAN LUCAS. 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 1100 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LOWELL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 113.0 WEST OR ABOUT 220 MILES...355 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA AND ABOUT 230 MILES...375 KM...SOUTH OF CABO SAN LAZARO MEXICO. LOWELL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON 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 HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. LOWELL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA. MOISTURE FROM LOWELL COULD SPREAD INTO THE ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SINALOA AND SONORA STATES IN MAINLAND MEXICO AND PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. REPEATING THE 1100 PM PDT POSITION...21.5 N...113.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BROWN