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Tropical Storm SERGIO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM SERGIO ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP212006
100 AM PST FRI NOV 17 2006

...SERGIO WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...OUTER RAINBANDS CONTINUE
AFFECTING THE COAST OF MEXICO...
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF SERGIO.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 100 AM PST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SERGIO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.8 WEST OR ABOUT 360
MILES...580 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 280
MILES...450 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
SERGIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SERGIO IS IN AN AREA OF UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL
WINDS...AND ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 988 MB...29.18 INCHES.
 
SERGIO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES OVER SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
8 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.
 
REPEATING THE 100 AM PST POSITION...14.0 N...102.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
700 AM PST.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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