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TROPICAL STORM BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 16A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST SUN AUG 08 1993
 
...BRET CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD ALONG NORTH COAST OF VENEZUELA...
            ...BRINGING HEAVY RAINS ALONG ITS PATH...

TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLANDS OFF THE
COAST OF VENEZUELA FROM ISLA LA TORTUGA TO ISLAS DE AVES....FOR THE
PARAGUANA PENINSULA OF VENEZUELA....FOR ARUBA...BONAIRE...AND
CURACAO IN THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES....AND FOR THE GUAJIRA PENINSULA
OF COLOMBIA.
 
AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
11.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.4 WEST OR OVER THE NORTHWEST COAST OF
VENEZUELA ABOUT 105 MILES...170 KM...SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ARUBA.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  THIS TRACK WILL MOVE THE
CENTER OVER THE NORTHWEST COAST OF VENEZUELA THIS MORNING AND OVER
THE GUAJIRA PENINSULA OF COLOMBIA LATER TODAY.
 
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...80 KM/HR...MAINLY TO THE
NORTH OF THE CENTER.  SOME WEAKENING IS LIKELY TODAY AS THE
CIRCULATION OF BRET INTERACTS WITH LAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES
...140 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF
BRET WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF
VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA.  FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS.

TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE CENTER
OF THE STORM.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...11.1 N... 69.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
MAYFIELD