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WTPZ31 KNHC 251746
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TROPICAL STORM JULIO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP112008
1100 AM PDT MON AUG 25 2008
 
...JULIO MOVING NEAR THE EAST COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA...

TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST OF THE
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM PUERTO SAN ANDRESITO TO PUNTA
ABREOJOS ON THE WEST COAST AND FROM LORETO TO BAHIA DE LOS
ANGELES ON THE EAST COAST...AND FOR THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO
FROM GUAYMAS TO PUERTO LIBERTAD.  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 ALONG THE WEST COAST OF
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NORTH OF PUNTA ABREOJOS TO EL POCITO.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 1100 AM PDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JULIO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.2 WEST OR ABOUT 15
MILES... 25 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANTA ROSALIA MEXICO.
 
JULIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR.
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF JULIO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE
EAST-CENTRAL COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA THROUGH TONIGHT...AND
BE NEAR OR OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA ON TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO AND
JULIO COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY EARLY TUESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM UNOFFICIAL SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.
 
JULIO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND
INTO NORTHWESTERN MEXICO...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10
INCHES POSSIBLE.  MOISTURE FROM JULIO IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE
SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...POSSIBLY
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM PDT POSITION...27.1 N...112.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH/BROWN