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TROPICAL STORM MITCH ADVISORY NUMBER  35
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM EST FRI OCT 30 1998

...CORRECTION TO 4TH PARAGRAPH...WORDING... 

...MITCH REMAINS INLAND OVER NORTHERN HONDURAS...HEAVY RAIN THREAT
CONTINUES...
 
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.

A HURRICANE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF BELIZE. SMALL
CRAFT IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.
 
AT 4 AM EST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MITCH WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 15.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  86.1 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES...
90 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LA CEIBA HONDURAS.

MITCH HAS BEEN DRIFTING WEST-SOUTHWEST OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS
HOWEVER...A GENERAL WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME FURTHER WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE WHILE THE
CENTER OF MITCH REMAINS OVER LAND...BUT THE STORM COULD RE-INTENSIFY
IF THE CENTER EMERGES FROM THE COAST.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES ...280 KM
FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY OVER WATER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 15 TO 25 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF HONDURAS AND OTHER
PARTS OF CENTRAL AMERICA.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
COASTAL FLOODING DUE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND WAVES CONTINUES
OVER PORTIONS OF THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM EST POSITION...15.4 N... 86.1 W.  MOVEMENT...
DRIFTING WEST SOUTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 
40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 7 AM EST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM
EST.
 
GUINEY
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
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