000 WTPZ33 KNHC 032344 TCPEP3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM JIMENA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 25A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132009 500 PM PDT THU SEP 03 2009 ...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN MEXICO... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM HUATABAMPITO TO BAHIA KINO. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. AT 500 PM PDT...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JIMENA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.9 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES...50 KM...NORTHEAST OF SANTA ROSALIA MEXICO. JIMENA HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 2 MPH...4 KM/HR DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. JIMENA IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST-SOUTHWEST LATER TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...JIMENA IS FORECAST TO MOVE NEAR OR OVER CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA THROUGH SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND JIMENA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT AND DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT LOW ON FRIDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. JIMENA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN MEXICO AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE BAJA PENINSULA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM-TOTAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 30 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST OF THE CENTRAL BAJA PENINSULA AND NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. ...SUMMARY OF 500 PM PDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...27.6N 111.9W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...SOUTHEAST OR 130 DEGREES AT 2 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BROWN