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TROPICAL STORM GREG INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  4A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM PDT MON SEP 06 1999

...GREG A LITTLE STRONGER...THREATENS SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...
 
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA SOUTH OF
CABO SAN LAZARO ON THE PACIFIC COAST AND SOUTH OF LA PAZ ON THE GULF
COAST...AND ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO FROM LAZARO 
CARDENAS TO CABO CORRIENTES...AND FOR THE ISLAS MARIAS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF
BAJA CALIFORNIA FROM CABO SAN LAZARO NORTHWARD TO PUNTA ABREOJOS.
 
AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GREG WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 21.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.4 WEST OR ABOUT 175
MILES...280 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF
BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
GREG IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH ...15
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 55 MPH...90 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS LIKELY TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN
MOUNTAINS...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST BETWEEN LAZARO
CARDENAS AND ACAPULCO.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM PDT POSITION...21.2 N...107.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 55
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
8 AM PDT.
 
BEVEN
 
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