000 WTPZ31 KNHC 250547 TCPEP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM JULIO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP112008 1100 PM PDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...CENTER OF JULIO MOVING OVER SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM PUNTA ABREOJOS ON THE WEST COAST AROUND THE PENINSULA AND NORTHWARD TO MULEGE ON THE EAST COAST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NORTH OF PUNTA ABREOJOS TO EL POCITO... AND ALONG THE EAST COAST NORTH OF MULEGE TO BAHIA SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. 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 ESTIMATED TO BE INLAND OVER THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.5 WEST OR NEAR CIUDAD CONSTITUCION MEXICO. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 70 MILES... 115 KM...SOUTH OF LORETO MEXICO. JULIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A TURN TO THE NORTH EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. THE FORECAST TRACK TAKES THE CENTER OF JULIO UP THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA BY TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. JULIO IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.55 INCHES. JULIO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. REPEATING THE 1100 PM PDT POSITION...25.0 N...111.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN