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TROPICAL STORM ALETTA ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT TUE MAY 23 2000

...ALETTA...A LITTLE STRONGER...EXPECTED TO REMAIN AWAY FROM
MEXICO...
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALETTA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.8 WEST OR ABOUT 315
MILES...510 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
ALETTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES ...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH ALETTA COULD SPREAD LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...14.9 N...102.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
SINCE ALETTA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AWAY FROM MEXICO..THIS WILL BE
THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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