000
WTPZ32 KNHC 180239
TCPEP2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FAUSTO ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP072008
800 PM PDT THU JUL 17 2008

...FAUSTO A LITTLE STRONGER...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAUSTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 105.9 WEST OR ABOUT 430
MILES...690 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
FAUSTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR. 
A CONTINUED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT FEW
DAYS...AND FAUSTO COULD BECOME A HURRICANE TOMORROW.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...13.0 N...105.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/RHOME