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WTPZ32 KNHC 180816
TCPEP2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FAUSTO ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP072008
200 AM PDT FRI JUL 18 2008

...FAUSTO NOT QUITE A HURRICANE...
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAUSTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 106.8 WEST OR ABOUT 425
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 LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...13.3 N...106.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...993 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/AVILA