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TROPICAL STORM AGATHA ADVISORY NUMBER   3

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP022016

800 AM PDT SAT JUL 02 2016



...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO-E BECOMES TROPICAL STORM AGATHA...

...FIRST TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2016 EASTERN PACIFIC SEASON...





SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...15.6N 118.9W

ABOUT 775 MI...1245 KM SW OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.





DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

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AT 800 AM PDT (1500 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM AGATHA WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH, LONGITUDE 118.9 WEST. AGATHA IS

MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH (19 KM/H), AND THIS

MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.  A TURN TOWARD THE

WEST IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH (65 KM/H) WITH

HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED TODAY AND

TONIGHT.  SUBSEQUENTLY, AGATHA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SUNDAY AND

SUNDAY NIGHT.



TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES (75 KM)

FROM THE CENTER.



THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB (29.68 INCHES).





HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

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NONE





NEXT ADVISORY

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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200 PM PDT.



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