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TROPICAL STORM GREG ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT MON SEP 06 1999

...GREG NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH...HURRICANE WARNINGS ISSUED...
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA FROM ARROYO SECO SOUTH...AND FOR THE GULF COAST OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA FROM LA PAZ SOUTH.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF
BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTH OF ARROYO SECO TO CABO SAN LAZARO...AND FOR
THE ISLAS MARIAS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF
BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTH OF CABO SAN LAZARO TO PUNTA ABREOJOS.
 
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED ALONG THE MEXICAN
MAINLAND FROM CABO CORRIENTES TO LAZARO CARDENAS.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GREG WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 21.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.2 WEST OR ABOUT 160 MILES...255
KM...SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
GREG IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH
...17 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND GREG
WILL LIKELY BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN
MOUNTAINS...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...AND ALONG THE MEXICAN
MAINLAND COAST BETWEEN MANZANILLO AND MAZATLAN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE MEXICAN MAINLAND COAST BETWEEN LAZARO
CARDENAS AND MANZANILLO. MANZANILLO HAS REPORTED NEARLY 12 INCHES OF
RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...21.2 N...108.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 PM
PDT.
 
BEVEN
 
 
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