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Tropical Storm ALETTA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ALETTA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP012006
500 PM PDT SUN MAY 28 2006
 
...ALETTA BARELY MOVING...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO
FROM PUNTA MALDONADO WESTWARD TO ZIHUATANEJO.

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 15.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 101.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
ALETTA IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 2 MPH...4 KM/HR.  AN ERRATIC
BUT GENERALLY SLOW NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
ALETTA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF
3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN REGIONS OF MOUNTAINOUS
TERRAIN.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND
MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM PDT POSITION...15.9 N...101.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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