000
WTPZ32 KNHC 171457
TCPEP2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FAUSTO ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP072008
800 AM PDT THU JUL 17 2008
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAUSTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.1 WEST OR ABOUT 510
MILES...825 KM...SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
FAUSTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS FORECAST LATER TODAY...AND THAT
GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...AND FAUSTO COULD BE A HURRICANE BY FRIDAY OR SATURDAY.
 
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 800 AM PDT POSITION...11.6 N...104.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KNABB