HOME	PRODUCTS	FORECASTS	IMAGERY	ABOUT TPC	RECONNAISSANCE

ZCZC MIATCPEP1 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM ALETTA ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT TUE MAY 23 2000

...DEPRESSION SOUTH OF MEXICO BECOMES FIRST TROPICAL STORM OF THE
EAST PACIFIC SEASON...

SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E HAS SLOWLY
STRENGTHENED AND HAS REACHED TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALETTA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 200 MILES...320 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
ALETTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH
...17 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL SLOWING OF FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH ALETTA COULD SPREAD LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...14.8 N...102.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
8 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
NNNN