Tropical Storm Hector in East Pacific

Tropical Storm Hector

  8th Named Storm for East Pacific 2012 Season

200 PM PDT SUN AUG 12 2012

...CENTER OF HECTOR EXPECTED TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF SOCORRO 
ISLAND THIS EVENING...

Tropical Storm Hector has formed some 600 miles West South-West of Manzanillo, Mexico. On the current track, it is not a threat to land.  

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SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...18.1N 110.3W
ABOUT 65 MI...105 KM SE OF SOCORRO ISLAND
ABOUT 335 MI...535 KM S OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB...29.41 INCHES 

WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. 

 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF DAYS.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE

 

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1000 AM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO...MOVING AWAY
FROM SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO... 

800 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012
 
...THE EIGHTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS...