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TROPICAL STORM MIRIAM ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT SAT SEP 16 2000

...DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS INTO TROPICAL STORM MIRIAM...HEADED FOR
SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAJA CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA SOUTH OF LATITUDE 24 DEGREES NORTH.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MIRIAM
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 170 MILES...275 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS.
 
MIRIAM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR... AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
ON THE TRACK THE CENTER OF THE STORM WILL MOVE NEAR THE SOUTHERN TIP
OF BAJA CALIFORNIA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING 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 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA
LATER TODAY.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...21.1 N...108.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 PM
PDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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