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Tropical Storm JULIO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM JULIO ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP112008
800 AM PDT MON AUG 25 2008

...JULIO REMAINS OVER BAJA PENINSULA...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS
EXTENDED NORTHWARD...
 
AT 8 AM...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS EXTENDED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING NORTHWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA TO BAHIA DE LOS ANGELES.  THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SOUTH OF PUERTO SAN ANDRESITO...AND ALONG
THE EAST COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SOUTH OF LORETO.
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST OF THE
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM PUERTO SAN ANDRESITO TO PUNTA
ABREOJOS ON THE WEST COAST AND FROM LORETO TO BAHIA DE LOS
ANGELES ON THE EAST COAST.
 
AT 8 AM...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING ALONG THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO FROM GUAYMAS TO
PUERTO LIBERTAD.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE WEST COAST OF
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NORTH OF PUNTA ABREOJOS TO EL POCITO.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JULIO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.2 WEST OR ABOUT 35
MILES... 55 KM...SOUTH OF SANTA ROSALIA MEXICO.
 
JULIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF JULIO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE
EAST-CENTRAL COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA THROUGH TONIGHT...AND 
BE NEAR OR OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA ON TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO AND
JULIO COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY EARLY TUESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
JULIO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND
INTO NORTHWESTERN MEXICO...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10
INCHES POSSIBLE.  MOISTURE FROM JULIO IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE
SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...POSSIBLY
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...26.8 N...112.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200
PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/PASCH
 
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