ZCZC MIATCPEP5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KIKO ADVISORY NUMBER 18 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP152007 200 AM PDT FRI OCT 19 2007 ...KIKO EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE NORTHWESTWARD... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM PUNTA SAN TELMO NORTHWESTWARD TO CABO CORRIENTES. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KIKO. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KIKO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.9 WEST OR ABOUT 165 MILES...265 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 230 MILES...370 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO. KIKO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO...THE CENTER OF KIKO IS FORECAST TO REMAIN JUST OFFSHORE AND MOVE ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO. 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 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO IN REGIONS OF ONSHORE FLOW. KIKO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OVER SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES. LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES ARE POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...16.7 N...104.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER KNABB NNNN
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