ZCZC MIATCPEP4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE LESTER INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 11A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 11 AM PDT SAT OCT 17 1998 ...LESTER MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST...JUST OFFSHORE... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM PUERTO ARISTA TO PUNTA MALDONADO. A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF PUNTA MALDONADO TO ACAPULCO. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA. INTERESTS FROM WEST OF ACAPULCO TO ZIHUATANEJO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF LESTER. SMALL CRAFT EAST OF PUERTO ARISTA TO THE GUATEMALA BORDER SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 11 AM PDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LESTER WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.8 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES ...130 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HUATULCO MEXICO. LESTER HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 7 MPH...11 KM/HR DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE MOVING NEAR AND PARALLEL TO THE COASTLINE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...A SLIGHT DEVIATION TO THE NORTH WOULD BRING THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE INLAND. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES... 45 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...TOTALLING 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH POSSIBLY MUCH LARGER AMOUNTS OVER MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. STORM TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL LEVELS... ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...COULD OCCUR AS THE HURRICANE APPROACHES THE COAST. REPEATING THE 11 AM PDT POSITION...14.7 N... 95.8 W. MOVEMENT... WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 973 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 2 PM PDT. RAPPAPORT NNNN