000
WTPZ32 KNHC 212035
TCPEP2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FAUSTO ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP072008
200 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2008
 
...FAUSTO WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...

AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAUSTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 118.1 WEST OR ABOUT 550
MILES...885 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.
 
FAUSTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...
AND THE CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR
WEST AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...20.6 N...118.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER LANDSEA/BLAKE