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TROPICAL STORM COSME ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP032013
800 AM PDT THU JUN 27 2013
 
...COSME CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...
...LIKELY TO BECOME A REMNANT LOW LATER TODAY...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...20.4N 120.9W
ABOUT 725 MI...1170 KM WSW OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB...29.62 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM COSME WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 120.9 WEST. COSME IS
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/H.  A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH COSME HAS DISSIPATED...AND THE SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LATER
TODAY.
 
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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SURF...LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY COSME ARE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE
PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM NEAR ACAPULCO TO LOS MOCHIS...AND
THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA.  THESE SWELLS ARE LIKELY TO
CAUSE DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT DAY OR
SO.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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