ZCZC MIATCPEP4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE LESTER INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 14A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 AM PDT SUN OCT 18 1998 ...LESTER CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SALINA CRUZ TO ACAPULCO AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF ACAPULCO TO ZIHUATANEJO. THE HURRICANE WARNING MAY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY. SMALL CRAFT EAST OF SALINA CRUZ SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LESTER WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.0 WEST OR ABOUT 195 MILES ...315 KM...SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO. LESTER IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH ...14 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE. HOWEVER A NORTHWARD DEVIATION FROM THIS COURSE COULD STILL POSSIBLY BRING THE HURRICANE NEARER TO THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 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. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN MEXICO DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 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 5 AM PDT POSITION...14.5 N... 98.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 973 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 AM PDT. PASCH/GUINEY NNNN