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TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SUN AUG 08 1993

   ...BRET NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA...

THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR THE GUAJIRA PENINSULA OF COLOMBIA. 

SATELLITE IMAGES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE
DISORGANIZED CENTER OF BRET IS NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF BRET WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.9 WEST OR IN THE
VICINITY OF BARRANQUILLA COLOMBIA.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...BRINGING THE CENTER OF BRET
OUT OVER THE SOUTHWEST CARIBBEAN IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...MAINLY OVER
THE CARIBBEAN SEA TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER...AND SOME
STRENGTHENING MAY OCCUR WHEN THE CENTER MOVES OVER OPEN WATERS ON
MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM...FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN ASSOCIATION WITH
BRET ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.  FLASH FLOODS AND
MUD SLIDES CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT IN THE AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...11.1 N... 74.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 5 AM EDT...MONDAY.
 
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