ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MITCH INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 35A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 7 AM EST FRI OCT 30 1998 ...MITCH REMAINS INLAND OVER NORTHERN HONDURAS...HEAVY RAIN THREAT CONTINUES... TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN 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 7 AM EST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MITCH WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.1 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES ...X90 KM...XX EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LA CEIBA HONDURAS. MITCH HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND LITTLE OVERALL MOTION IS LIKELY THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. MITCH IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING IN A SLOW GENERAL WESTWARD DIRECTION LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FURTHER WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE 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 997 MB...29.44 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 7 AM EST POSITION...15.4 N... 86.1 W. MOVEMENT... NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 AM EST. GUINEY NNNN