000 WTPZ34 KNHC 212052 TCPEP4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HILARY ADVISORY NUMBER 3...CORRECTED NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP092011 200 PM PDT WED SEP 21 2011 CORRECTED WATCH/WARNING SECTION ...HILARY STRENGTHENS A LITTLE MORE...TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN MEXICO... SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...14.0N 96.6W ABOUT 130 MI...205 KM SSE OF PUERTO ESCONDIDO MEXICO MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB...29.62 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM LAGUNAS DE CHACAHUA WESTWARD TO LAZARO CARDENAS. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * LAGUNAS DE CHACAHUA MEXICO WESTWARD TO LAZARO CARDENAS DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HILARY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 96.6 WEST. HILARY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/H. A TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF HILARY IS EXPECTED TO PARALLEL THE COAST OF SOUTHERN MEXICO. SOME RAIN BANDS WITH GUSTY WINDS ARE ALREADY AFFECTING A PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MEXICO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND HILARY COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY THURSDAY NIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- RAINFALL...HILARY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MEXICAN STATES OF CHIAPAS... OAXACA...AND GUERRERO WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...500 PM PDT. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER CANGIALOSI/PASCH