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TROPICAL STORM MIRIAM ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT SUN SEP 17 2000

...MIRIAM APPROACHING SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAJA CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA SOUTH OF LATITUDE 24 DEGREES NORTH.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MIRIAM
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 30 MILES...50 KM...EAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS.
 
MIRIAM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.   
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 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 1004 MB...29.65 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 2 AM PDT POSITION...22.9 N...109.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 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 5 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 AM
PDT.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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