000
WTPZ32 KNHC 170835
TCPEP2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FAUSTO ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP072008
200 AM PDT THU JUL 17 2008
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAUSTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.4 WEST OR ABOUT 530
MILES...850 KM...SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
FAUSTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND FAUSTO COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE IN DAY OR SO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...11.4 N...103.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA