000 WTPZ32 KNHC 030831 TCPEP2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BORIS ADVISORY NUMBER 26 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP022008 200 AM PDT THU JUL 03 2008 ...BORIS EXPECTED TO STEADILY WEAKEN TODAY AND TOMORROW... AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BORIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 128.6 WEST OR ABOUT 1270 MILES...2050 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. BORIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST AND THEN WEST-SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STEADY WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND BORIS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY FRIDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES. REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...17.3 N...128.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER KNABB