Tropical Storm ODILE

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TROPICAL STORM ODILE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP162008
800 AM PDT THU OCT 09 2008

...ODILE STRENGTHENS...

INTERESTS ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF SOUTHERN MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ODILE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.5 WEST OR ABOUT 245
MILES...395 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PUERTO ANGEL MEXICO.

ODILE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR.  A GENERAL
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER SHOULD MOVE PARALLEL
TO...BUT OFFSHORE OF...THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

ODILE COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN GUATEMALA AND SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO...WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE.  THESE RAINS COULD
RESULT IN LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.  THE  
RAINS IN THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT DAY OR
SO.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...12.7 N...94.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH
 
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