ZCZC MIATCPEP4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE LESTER ADVISORY NUMBER 10 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 2 AM PDT SAT OCT 17 1998 HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM PUERTO ARISTA TO PUNTA MALDONADO. AT 2 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FROM WEST OF PUNTA MALDONADO TO ACAPULCO AND HAS DISCONTINUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING EAST OF PUERTO ARISTA. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA. INTERESTS FROM WEST OF ACAPULCO TO ZIHUATANEJO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF LESTER. SMALL CRAFT EAST OF PUERTO ARISTA TO THE GUATEMALA BORDER SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LESTER WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.6 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES ...150 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HUATULCO MEXICO. LESTER IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS WOULD KEEP THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE ON A TRACK VERY NEAR AND PARALLEL TO THE COASTLINE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...ANY DEVIATION TO THE NORTH WOULD BRING THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE INLAND. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES... 55 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 979 MB...28.91 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 AS THE HURRICANE APPROACHES THE COAST. REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...14.6 N... 95.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 AM PDT. AVILA NNNN