ZCZC MIATCPEP1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ODILE ADVISORY NUMBER 11 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP162008 200 AM PDT SAT OCT 11 2008 ...ODILE A LITTLE STRONGER...HURRICANE WATCH ISSUED... AT 2 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FROM TECPAN DE GALEANA TO PUNTA SAN TELMO. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN 24 HOURS. AT 2 AM PDT...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING EAST OF PUNTA MALDONADO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PUNTA MALDONADO WESTWARD TO PUNTA SAN TELMO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF PUNTA SAN TELMO TO MANZANILLO. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ODILE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.6 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES... 80 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO AND ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...SOUTHEAST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO. ODILE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. A CONTINUED MOTION TO THE NORTHWEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A TURN TO THE WEST AT A SLOWER SPEED EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. THE FORECAST TRACK TAKES THE CENTER OF ODILE VERY CLOSE TO THE COAST OF MEXICO...AND ONLY A SLIGHT DEVIATION TO THE RIGHT OF THE EXPECTED TRACK WOULD BRING THE CENTER ONSHORE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND ODILE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES. ODILE COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS COULD RESULT IN LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...16.6 N...100.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 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. $$ FORECASTER FRANKLIN NNNN
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