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TROPICAL STORM IRIS ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT TUE OCT 09 2001
 
...IRIS CONTINUES TO WEAKEN RAPIDLY OVER LAND... 
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENTS OF MEXICO...BELIZE...
GUATEMALA...AND HONDURAS HAVE DISCONTINUED ALL COASTAL WARNINGS
FOR THEIR COUNTRIES.
  
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR THE BORDER OF GUATEMALA AND MEXICO NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 90.8 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...NORTH OF GUATEMALA
CITY.

IRIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 21 MPH ...33 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING WILL OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN 
OF GUATEMALA AND EASTERN MEXICO TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES
... 75 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE POSSIBLE
OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA AND EASTERN MEXICO.  THESE
RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...16.0 N... 90.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.

FORECASTER PASCH

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