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TROPICAL STORM DALILA ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT SUN JUL 22 2001

...DELILA BEGINNING TO MOVE AWAY FROM MEXICO...
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR MEXICO.
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DALILA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 103.7 WEST OR ABOUT 
165 MILES...265 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
DALILA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR... 
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A 
GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  DALILA STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HURRICANE DURING 
THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  991 MB...29.26 INCHES.

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH DALILA ARE MAINLY
OFFSHORE...A SLIGHT NORTHWARD DEVIATION FROM THE CURRENT TRACK COULD 
BRING THESE RAINS INLAND OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA AND 
INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...16.5 N...103.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 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...MONDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART

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