ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MITCH ADVISORY NUMBER 47 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 12 AM CST WED NOV 04 1998 ...MITCH MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO...FROM PROGRESO SOUTHWARD TO CARMEN. AT 12 AM CST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MITCH WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.9 WEST OR INLAND ABOUT 50 MILES...80 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MERIDA MEXICO. MITCH IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR... AND THIS DIRECTION OF MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK ...THE CENTER OF MITCH WILL REMAIN OVER LAND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING AND WILL EMERGING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO LATER TODAY. ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FURTHER WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE WHILE MITCH IS CENTERED OVER LAND AND THE SYSTEM COULD BE DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER THIS MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES... 55 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF MITCH. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND ELSEWHERE OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO...ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES IN THESE AREAS. REPEATING THE 12 AM CST POSITION...20.3 N... 89.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 3 AM CST. GUINEY NNNN