000 WTPZ33 KNHC 040543 TCPEP3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM JIMENA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 26A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132009 1100 PM PDT THU SEP 03 2009 ...JIMENA STATIONARY OVER THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST OF WESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO 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 1100 PM PDT...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JIMENA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.7 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES... 65 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF SANTA ROSALIA MEXICO. JIMENA IS CURRENTLY NEARLY STATIONARY. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST ON FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THIS MOTION THROUGH SATURDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...JIMENA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE 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 LATER TODAY...AND THEN DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT LOW FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. JIMENA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 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 ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST OF THE CENTRAL BAJA PENINSULA AND WESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. ...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM PDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...27.5N 111.7W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...STATIONARY MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN