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Tropical Storm BLANCA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BLANCA ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP032009
200 PM PDT MON JUL 06 2009
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BLANCA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.9 WEST OR ABOUT 390
MILES...630 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
BLANCA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND
A MOTION BETWEEN WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE
12-24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD WEST LATE TUESDAY OR EARLY
WEDNESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24
HOURS. THEREAFTER...BLANCA IS EXPECTED TO REACH COOLER WATERS WHICH
SHOULD LEAD TO WEAKENING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER. AN AUTOMATED OBSERVING STATION AT CLARION ISLAND
RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 40 MPH.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.0N 112.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 305 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/BROWN
 
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