ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MITCH ADVISORY NUMBER 46 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 3 PM CST TUE NOV 03 1998 ...CORRECT MAXIMUM WINDS TO 45 MPH... ...MITCH REGENERATES INTO A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM... AT 3 PM CST...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE WEST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM PROGRESO SOUTHWARD TO CARMEN. AT 3 PM CST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MITCH WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.3 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES...90 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF CAMPECHE ON THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO. MITCH IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH ... 9 KM/HR...AND ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL MOVE INLAND OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WITHIN THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH... 70 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MITCH IN NO WAY RESEMBLES THE INTENSE HURRICANE THAT IT WAS WHEN IT DEVASTATED PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA LAST WEEK. MITCH IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BACK TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WHEN IT MOVES OVER LAND. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES ... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 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 3 PM CST POSITION...19.4 N... 91.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB. PASCH STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 6 PM CST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT REGULAR ADVISORY AT 9 PM CST. NNNN