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Tropical Storm ANDRES (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ANDRES ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022009
800 PM PDT SUN JUN 21 2009
 
...FIRST NAMED STORM OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC SEASON FORMS...
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST COAST
OF MEXICO...

AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM ZIHUATANEJO NORTHWARD TO MANZANILLO. A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ANDRES.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ANDRES WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 101.9 WEST OR ABOUT 200
MILES...325 KM...SOUTH OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO AND ABOUT 330 MILES...
530 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.

ANDRES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR...
AND A SLOW WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48
HOURS. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.8N 101.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 275 DEGREES AT 6 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200
AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/BRENNAN
 
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