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Tropical Storm Karina continues to gather steam in the eastern Pacific, with impressive flare-ups of convection despite being affected by a modest amount of shearing winds.
 
Karina is expected to strengthen to a hurricane by Friday or the weekend, as it continues moving in a rather moist air mass with warm ocean temperatures below it. Later this weekend into early next week, more marginal water temperatures and movement into more stable air is expected to induce weakening of the cyclone.
 
A general westerly track is expected over the next five days, remaining far from any land interests.
 
First forming as Tropical Depression Eleven-E Tuesday night about 325 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, Karina became the season's 11th named storm Wednesday morning. On average, the eastern Pacific hurricane season's 11th named storm occurs by September 10.
 
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Projected Path
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Projected Path
The latest forecast path and wind speeds from the National Hurricane Center.
 
 
 
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Storm Information
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Current Information
So, where exactly is the cyclone's center located now? If you're plotting the storm along with us, the information depicted in the map above provides the latitude/longitude coordinates, distance away from the nearest land location, maximum sustained winds and central pressure (measured in millibars).  
 
 
 
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Infrared Satellite
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Infrared Satellite
This infrared satellite image shows how cold (and therefore how high) the cloud tops are. Brighter orange and red shadings concentrated near the center of circulation signify a healthy tropical cyclone.
 
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