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WTPZ31 KNHC 130833
TCPEP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM ELIDA ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP062008
200 AM PDT SUN JUL 13 2008

...ELIDA A LITTLE STRONGER...
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ELIDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.0 WEST OR ABOUT 250
MILES...405 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO AND ABOUT 225 MILES...
365 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO.
 
ELIDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR.
A GENERALLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF ELIDA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL TO THE SOUTH
OF THE COAST OF MEXICO DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO
AND ELIDA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...14.8 N...103.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/BEVEN