Tropical Storm LANE

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TROPICAL STORM LANE ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132006
200 AM PDT THU SEP 14 2006
 
...LANE STRENGTHENING...
...OUTER RAINBANDS AFFECTING THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF MEXICO
FROM TECPAN DE GALEANA TO MANZANILLO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF MEXICO
FROM WEST OF MANZANILLO TO CABO CORRIENTES.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.  IT IS RECOMMENDED TO CHANGE THIS
TROPICAL STORM WATCH TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE
WATCH.
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LANE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.9 WEST OR ABOUT 90
MILES...145 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO AND ABOUT
170 MILES...275 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
LANE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ALTHOUGH THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE...TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 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 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL
MOUNTAINS. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUDSLIDES. 
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...16.9 N...102.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 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.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME/KNABB
 
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