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Tropical Storm ALETTA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ALETTA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   3A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP012006
500 PM PDT SAT MAY 27 2006
 
...ALETTA MOVING ERRATICALLY NORTHWARD TOWARD THE MEXICAN RIVIERA
WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH...
 
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 500 PM PDT...0000Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
ALETTA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 95 MILES...150 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
ALETTA HAS BEEN MEANDERING BUT APPEARS TO BE MOVING GENERALLY TOWARD
THE NORTH NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR.  THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL BE NEARING
THE COAST OF MEXICO ON SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN 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 60 MILES...95 KM...
MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
OUTER RAIN BANDS ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ONSHORE ALONG THE SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST
OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN...CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG THE SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO.

REPEATING THE 500 PM PDT POSITION...15.8 N...100.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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