ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MITCH INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 38A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL MIDNIGHT CST SAT OCT 31 1998 ...MITCH CONTINUES TO GENERATE TORRENTIAL RAINS... 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. SMALL CRAFT IN THE WARNING AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. AT MIDNIGHT CST...0600Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MITCH WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.0 WEST. THIS POSITION IS INLAND OVER SOUTHERN HONDURAS WITHIN ABOUT 15 MILES...25 KM...OF TEGUCIGALPA. MITCH IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR ...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE OCCURRING NEAR THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF HONDURAS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM ...MAINLY OVER THE WATER TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 15 TO 25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF HONDURAS...NICARAGUA AND EL SALVADOR...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OVER PORTIONS OF BELIZE...GUATEMALA...AND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN ASSOCIATION WITH HIGHER TERRAIN. REPEATING THE MIDNIGHT CST POSITION...14.0 N... 87.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD ...SOUTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 3 AM CST. LAWRENCE NNNN