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TROPICAL STORM GREG ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT WED SEP 08 1999

...GREG MOVING SLOWLY AWAY FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA...
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE
TROPICAL STORM WATCH AND WARNING ON THE EAST COAST OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE WEST COAST OF
BAJA CALIFORNIA FROM CABO SAN LAZARO SOUTHWARD...AND A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE WEST COAST OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA FROM NORTH OF CABO SAN LAZARO TO PUNTA ABREOJOS.
 
THIS WATCH AND WARNING MAY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY AS GREG
WEAKENS AND MOVES AWAY FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GREG
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 80 MILES...130 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON THE
SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
GREG IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  40 MPH... 65
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  CONTINUED SLOW WEAKENING IS LIKELY
TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM...MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
...ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.  THESE
RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE GRADUALLY AS GREG MOVES AWAY FROM THE
REGION.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...23.3 N...111.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 AM
PDT.
 
PASCH

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