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TROPICAL STORM MIRIAM INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   6A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM PDT SAT SEP 16 2000

...MIRIAM HEADED FOR SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAJA CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA SOUTH OF LATITUDE 24 DEGREES NORTH.
 
AT 11 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MIRIAM
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 85 MILES...130 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS.
 
MIRIAM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH
... 11 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL BE
NEAR THE SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA ON SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA
AND PORTIONS OF MAINLAND MEXICO NORTH OF CABO CORRIENTES.  THESE
RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM PDT POSITION...22.1 N...109.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM PDT...SUNDAY.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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