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Tropical Storm BORIS (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BORIS ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022008
200 PM PDT TUE JUL 01 2008

...BORIS WEAKENS SLIGHTLY TO A STRONG TROPICAL STORM...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BORIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 125.3 WEST OR ABOUT
1145 MILES...1840 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
BORIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR.  A GENERAL
WESTWARD OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
FORWARD SPEED...IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR 70 MPH...110
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  CONTINUED GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...15.0 N...125.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KNABB
 
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