At 300 AM MDT (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Estelle was located near latitude 17.2 North, longitude 114.0 West. Estelle is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h) and this general motion is expected to continue for the next couple of days.
Maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph (110 km/h) with higher gusts. Strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days, and Estelle is expected to become a hurricane later today.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 150 miles (240 km) from the center.
The estimated minimum . . .
