000 WTPZ31 KNHC 131434 TCPEP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ELIDA ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP062008 800 AM PDT SUN JUL 13 2008 ...ELIDA MOVING SOUTH OF MEXICO... AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ELIDA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.1 WEST OR ABOUT 265 MILES...425 KM...SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 305 MILES... 485 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO. ELIDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ELIDA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY TOMORROW. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES. REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...15.2 N...104.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE