000 WTPZ31 KNHC 240543 TCPEP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM JULIO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 3A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP112008 1100 PM PDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ...JULIO CONTINUING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM SANTA FE SOUTHWARD ON THE WEST COAST AROUND THE PENINSULA NORTHWARD TO SAN EVARISTO ON THE EAST COAST. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM NORTH OF SANTA FE TO BAHIA MAGDALENA AND ON THE EAST COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA FROM NORTH OF SAN EVARISTO TO LORETO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 1100 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JULIO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.0 WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES...250 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. JULIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF JULIO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER OR NEAR THE SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA LATE MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. JULIO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN TO CENTRAL BAJA PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. REPEATING THE 1100 PM PDT POSITION...21.0 N...109.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN/RHOME