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WTPZ32 KNHC 190235
TCPEP2
BULLETIN
HURRICANE FAUSTO ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP072008
800 PM PDT FRI JUL 18 2008

...FAUSTO A LITTLE STRONGER THIS EVENING...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FAUSTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.0 WEST OR ABOUT 450 MILES
...725 KM...SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
FAUSTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THIS TRACK...FAUSTO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL
OFFSHORE FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...14.3 N...109.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...985 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/FRANKLIN