Statement as of 10:00 am PDT on June 23, 2005
For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude.
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Storm Beatriz located about 415 miles south of the southern tip of
Baja California.
An area of disturbed weather has formed a few hundred miles south of
the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Conditions appear favorable for additional
slow development during the next day or two as the system moves
westward at 5 to 10 mph.
Elsewhere...tropical storm formation is not expected through
Friday.
Forecaster Knabb/Beven





