Tropical Storm DOUGLAS

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TROPICAL STORM DOUGLAS ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP042008
800 PM PDT WED JUL 02 2008
 
...POORLY ORGANIZED DOUGLAS CONTINUING NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD SOCORRO
ISLAND...

INTERESTS IN THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SHOULD MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF DOUGLAS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOUGLAS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.1 WEST OR ABOUT 290
MILES...465 KM...SOUTH OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO AND ABOUT 315 MILES
...505 KM...WEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
DOUGLAS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR.  A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WITH DOUGLAS
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN LATER ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
OUTER RAINBANDS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTING THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF
MEXICO TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MOVE AWAY FROM THE COAST
THURSDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...18.8 N...109.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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