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Tropical Storm LESTER


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TROPICAL DEPRESSION LESTER ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT WED OCT 13 2004

...LESTER DISSIPATING...THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY...

AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...ALL WARNINGS FOR THE COAST OF MEXICO ARE
DISCONTINUED.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT LESTER NO LONGER HAS A CLOSED CIRCULATION...AND IS
DISSIPATING.

AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE DISSIPATING CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
LESTER WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 101.0
WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES... 125 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO
MEXICO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...IN A FEW SQUALLS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
COAST OF MEXICO OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.

REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...16.5 N...101.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 30 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON LESTER.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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