ZCZC MIATCPEP4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM PATRICIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP192009 500 PM PDT TUE OCT 13 2009 ...PATRICIA WEAKENING RAPIDLY AS IT NEARS SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM BUENAVISTA TO AGUA BLANCA... INCLUDING CABO SAN LUCAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA ALONG THE EAST COAST FROM NORTH OF BUENAVISTA TO LA PAZ AND ALONG THE WEST COAST FROM NORTH OF AGUA BLANCA TO SANTA FE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS AND WATCHES COULD BE DISCONTINUED TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. AT 500 PM PDT...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PATRICIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.1 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES...105 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. PATRICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF PATRICIA WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND PATRICIA COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. PATRICIA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. ...SUMMARY OF 500 PM PDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...22.3N 109.1W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 325 DEGREES AT 7 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER PASCH/BLAKE NNNN
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