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New Tropical Storm Could Impact Baja California - 10-12-2009
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Patricia strengthened Monday as it inched closer to the tip of the Baja California Peninsula, prompting the government to issue a tropical storm watch for the resort-dotted southern part of the peninsula.
Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said that Patricia's center was located about 265 miles south of the southern tip of Baja California Monday morning.
Patricia was moving toward the north-northwest at about 8 mph and maximum sustained winds were near 45 mph. The storm was still disorganized but was expected to continue strengthening over the next 24 hours and be very near the peninsula by Tuesday afternoon, the center said.
Patricia became a named tropical storm late Sunday.
Tropical storm force winds extended outward up to 70 miles from the center. The Mexican government issued a tropical storm watch — meaning tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area — from La Paz to Santa Fe in Baja California Sur state.
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