ZCZC MIATCPEP3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM JIMENA ADVISORY NUMBER 22 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132009 800 PM PDT WED SEP 02 2009 ...JIMENA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM... AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE WEST COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA SOUTH OF PUERTO SAN ANDRESITO...AND FOR THE EAST COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA SOUTH OF LORETO. THE HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA COAST HAS ALSO BEEN DISCONTINUED. AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS CHANGED THE REMAINDER OF THE HURRICANE WARNING TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NORTH OF PUERTO SAN ANDRESITO TO SAN JOSE DE LAS PALOMAS ON THE WEST COAST...AND NORTH OF LORETO TO BAHIA DE LOS ANGELES ON THE EAST COAST. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO FROM HUATABAMPITO TO BAHIA KINO. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JIMENA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.3 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES... 35 KM...SOUTH OF SANTA ROSALIA MEXICO. JIMENA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE WEST ON THURSDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF JIMENA WILL MOVE OVER THE CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...THEN MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN WEST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA THURSDAY NIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. JIMENA IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY LATE THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 988 MB...29.18 INCHES. JIMENA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE BAJA PENINSULA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN MEXICO DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM-TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH JIMENA. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...27.0N 112.3W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT 9 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 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. $$ FORECASTER BROWN NNNN
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