000
WTPZ35 KNHC 131437
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM GUILLERMO ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP102009
800 AM PDT THU AUG 13 2009
 
...GUILLERMO APPROACHING HURRICANE STRENGTH...

AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUILLERMO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 121.6 WEST OR ABOUT
860 MILES...1380 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
GUILLERMO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR
...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
TO 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS...AND GUILLERMO IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE
THIS EVENING. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
  
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...17.1N 121.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 14 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/RUBIO/BEVEN