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TROPICAL STORM BETA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  16A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 PM EST SUN OCT 30 2005
 
...BETA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN INLAND OVER NICARAGUA...COASTAL WARNINGS
DISCONTINUED...
 
AT 7 PM EST...0000Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA HAS DISCONTINUED
ALL COASTAL WARNINGS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 7 PM EST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BETA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 84.8 WEST OR ABOUT 85
MILES... 135 KM... NORTHWEST OF BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA.
 
BETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR.  A WESTWARD
TO WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED UNTIL THE CIRCULATION
DISSIPATES OVER WESTERN NICARAGUA ON MONDAY.  THE REMNANTS OF BETA
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GENERALLY WESTWARD INTO THE EASTERN NORTH
PACIFIC.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  40 MPH...65
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...INLAND OVER A SMALL AREA NEAR THE
CENTER.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED...AND BETA SHOULD BECOME A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION WITHIN A FEW HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES
...55 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
BETA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15
INCHES ACROSS NICARAGUA AND EASTERN HONDURAS... WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 25 INCHES POSSIBLE.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2
TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
EL SALVADOR AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN HONDURAS.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM EST POSITION...12.7 N... 84.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 PM EST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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