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WTPZ35 KNHC 151433
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM DOLORES ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP052009
800 AM PDT WED JUL 15 2009

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION BECOMES TROPICAL STORM DOLORES...
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOLORES WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 115.6 WEST OR ABOUT 660
MILES...1065 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
DOLORES IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A TURN MORE TOWARD
THE WEST-NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...15.0N 115.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 13 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/BRENNAN