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Tropical Storm BORIS (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BORIS SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022008
500 PM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008
 
...BORIS JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH...

AT 500 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BORIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 117.8 WEST OR ABOUT 760
MILES...1225 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
BORIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH BORIS HAS STRENGTHENED UNEXPECTEDLY THIS
AFTERNOON...A WEAKENING TREND IS LIKELY TO BEGIN TOMORROW.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM PDT POSITION...14.8 N...117.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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