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ABPZ20 KNHC 171728
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TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1100 AM PDT SUN AUG 17 2014

For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Storm Karina, located a little more than a thousand miles
west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.

Satellite images indicate that the large low pressure system located
about 600 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja
California peninsula continues to show signs of organization. Only a
slight increase in thunderstorm activity would result in the
formation of a tropical depression later today or tonight while the
low moves generally west-northwestward at 5 to 10 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent.

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Forecaster Stewart