ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IRIS ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 PM AST FRI OCT 05 2001 ...TROPICAL STORM IRIS FORMS IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN...COULD BECOME A HURRICANE ON SATURDAY... AT 5 PM AST...2100 UTC...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF HAITI FROM THE BORDER WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO THE SOUTHWESTERN TIP OF HAITI...ANSE D HAINAULT. ALSO...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE BARAHONA PENINSULA FROM BARAHONA TO THE BORDER WITH HAITI. AT 5 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR JAMAICA. IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO UPGRADE THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH TO A HURRICANE WATCH TONIGHT OR SATURDAY. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM ISLA SAONA TO BARAHONA. AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.8 WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES...250 KM...SOUTH OF PONCE ON THE SOUTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO. IRIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH ...28 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS TRACK WOULD BRING THE CENTER OF IRIS NEAR THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF HISPANIOLA ON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IRIS COULD BECOME A HURRICANE ON SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES ...165 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. SQUALLS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE MAY OCCUR ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO TODAY AS RAIN BANDS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...15.8 N... 66.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM AST. FORECASTER AVILA NNNN