ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EARL ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 4 AM CDT TUE SEP 01 1998 ...EARL FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY...A HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST... ALL INTERESTS AROUND THE GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS POTENTIALLY DEVELOPING TROPICAL STORM. AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.6 WEST OR ABOUT 570 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. EARL IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST FOR TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...22.5 N... 93.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 0 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 AM CDT. LAWRENCE STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC. NNNN