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Tropical Storm ODILE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ODILE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP162008
500 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008
 
...ODILE EDGING CLOSER TO THE COAST OF MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LAGUNAS DE CHACAHUA
WESTWARD TO ZIHUATANEJO.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF ZIHUATANEJO TO
PUNTA SAN TELMO.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36
HOURS.

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 CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ODILE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.8 WEST OR ABOUT
100 MILES...160 KM...SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
ODILE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.  A
MOTION TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
DAY OR SO.  THE FORECAST TRACK KEEPS THE CENTER OF ODILE A SHORT
DISTANCE OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.
HOWEVER...ONLY A SMALL DEVIATION TO THE RIGHT OF THE EXPECTED
MOTION WOULD BRING THE CENTER TO THE COASTLINE.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND ODILE COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE SOMETIME DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IF IT REMAINS
OFFSHORE.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
ODILE COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES
POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS COULD RESULT IN LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM PDT POSITION...15.7 N...98.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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