000
WTPZ31 KNHC 190245
TCPEP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM ELIDA ADVISORY NUMBER  29
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP062008
800 PM PDT FRI JUL 18 2008

...ELIDA BARELY HANGING ON AS A TROPICAL STORM...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ELIDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 129.9 WEST OR ABOUT
1335 MILES...2145 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
ELIDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST AND ELIDA IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING AND TO
DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BY SATURDAY NIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...18.2 N...129.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/FRANKLIN