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Tropical Storm ELIDA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ELIDA ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP062008
800 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2008

...ELIDA STRENGTHENING...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ELIDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 101.5 WEST OR ABOUT 205
MILES...325 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO AND ABOUT 255
MILES...405 KM...SOUTH OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO.
 
ELIDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR.  
A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF ELIDA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL TO THE SOUTH
OF THE COAST OF MEXICO DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AND
ELIDA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE TOMORROW OR MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...14.4 N...101.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/KNABB
 
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