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Tropical Storm LESTER (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LESTER ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT TUE OCT 12 2004

...LESTER CONTINUING TO BRUSH THE SOUTHWESTERN MEXICAN COAST WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM PUNTA MALDONADO WESTWARD
TO ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LESTER WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  99.8 WEST OR ABOUT  
30 MILES...  45 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
LESTER IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH... 9 KM/HR... AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH 
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST EXPECTED DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL BE VERY NEAR OR POSSIBLY
ON THE COAST OF MEXICO IN THE WARNING AREA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY
WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES
... 75 KM...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MEXICO.  THESE
RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES IN
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...16.5 N... 99.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 AM
PDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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