ZCZC MIATCPEP5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KIKO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 20A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP152007 500 PM PDT FRI OCT 19 2007 ...KIKO MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH AT THIS TIME... 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 NORTHWESTERN MEXICO AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BAJA CALIFORNIA 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 500 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KIKO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 105.7 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES...210 KM...SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 470 MILES...755 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO. KIKO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD KEEP THE CENTER JUST OFFSHORE AND MOVING ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 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 500 PM PDT POSITION...17.6 N...105.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER AVILA NNNN
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