ZCZC MIATCPEP4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE LESTER INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 12A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 PM PDT SAT OCT 17 1998 ...HURRICANE LESTER MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST... AT 5 PM PDT...0000Z...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SALINA CRUZ TO ACAPULCO AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF ACAPULCO TO ZIHUATANEJO. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA. SMALL CRAFT EAST OF SALINA CRUZ SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 5 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LESTER WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 96.3 WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES...110 KM...SOUTH OF PUERTO ANGEL MEXICO. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 295 MILES...475 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO. LESTER IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF LESTER WILL BE MOVING PARALLEL TO AND JUST OFFSHORE FROM THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...JUST A SLIGHT NORTHWARD TURN WOULD BRING THE HURRICANE OVER LAND. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES... 45 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...TOTALLING 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH POSSIBLY MUCH LARGER AMOUNTS OVER MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. STORM TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL LEVELS... ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...COULD OCCUR ALONG THE COAST IN THE WARNED AREA. REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...14.7 N... 96.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 973 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM PDT. JARVINEN NNNN