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WTPZ31 KNHC 182037
TCPEP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM ELIDA ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP062008
200 PM PDT FRI JUL 18 2008

...ELIDA BARELY A TROPICAL STORM AND WEAKENING FAST...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ELIDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 128.7 WEST OR ABOUT
1260 MILES...2030 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
ELIDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR 40 MPH...65
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST AND
ELIDA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT AND TO
DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BY TOMORROW.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...18.0 N...128.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KNABB