Tropical Storm ALETTA

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TROPICAL STORM ALETTA ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP012006
200 AM PDT SUN MAY 28 2006

...ALETTA MEANDERING WELL OFFSHORE THE SOUTH-CENTRAL MEXICAN COAST...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC
COAST OF MEXICO FROM PUNTA MALDONADO WESTWARD TO TECPAN DE GALEANA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO
FROM EAST OF PUNTA MALDONADO EASTWARD TO PUERTO ESCONDIDO...AND FROM
WEST OF TECPAN DE GALEANA WESTWARD TO ZIHUATANEJO.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALETTA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 101.0 WEST OR ABOUT 125
MILES...205 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
ALETTA HAS ESSENTIALLY BEEN STATIONARY THIS MORNING...AND SOME
ERRATIC MOTION IS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...A SLOW NORTHWARD OR
NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.  THE CENTER MAY APPROACH THE COAST OF MEXICO BY SUNDAY
NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY IF THE NORTHWARD MOTION DEVELOPS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM..
MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
ALTHOUGH RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH ALETTA HAVE STOPPED MOVING
ONSHORE THE MEXICAN COAST THIS MORNING...ADDITIONAL RAIN BANDS MAY
REDEVELOP LATER TODAY AND PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...15.4 N...101.0 W.  MOVEMENT...
STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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