ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MITCH INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 34A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1 AM EST FRI OCT 30 1998 ...MITCH INLAND OVER NORTHERN HONDURAS...MOVING LITTLE... TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF HONDURAS...GUATEMALA...BELIZE...AND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO FROM CABO CATOCHE SOUTHWARD...INCLUDING THE OFFSHORE ISLANDS. A HURRICANE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF BELIZE. SMALL CRAFT IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. AT 1 AM EST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MITCH WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.7 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES... 125 KM...SOUTHEST OF LA CEIBA HONDURAS. MITCH HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND LITTLE MOTION IS LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING IS LIKELY WHILE THE CENTER OF MITCH REMAINS OVER LAND...BUT THE STORM COULD RE-INTENSIFY IF THE CENTER EMERGES FROM THE COAST. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY OVER WATER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 15 TO 25 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF HONDURAS AND OTHER PARTS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. COASTAL FLOODING DUE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND WAVES CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA. REPEATING THE 1 AM EST POSITION...15.4 N... 85.7 W. MOVEMENT... NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 AM EST. GUINEY NNNN