ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EARL ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1998 ...TROPICAL STORM EARL NEARLY STATIONARY... A HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST SOMETIME ON TUESDAY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT ALONG THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM PASAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL TEXAS. ALL INTERESTS AROUND THE GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEVELOPING TROPICAL STORM. AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.7 WEST OR ABOUT 570 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. EARL HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...BUT A SLOW NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...22.3 N... 93.7 W. MOVEMENT... ...NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 AM CDT...TUESDAY. GUINEY STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC. NNNN