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TROPICAL STORM JULIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2001
 
...JULIETTE PARALLELING THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MEXICO... 
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS SHIFTED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH WESTWARD ALONG
THE COAST.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM PUERTO ANGEL TO
ZIHUATANEJO AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF
ZIHUATANEJO TO MANZANILLO. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING EAST OF PUERTO
ANGEL HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JULIETTE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  96.6 WEST OR ABOUT 110 
MILES...180 KM...SOUTH OF PUERTO ANGEL MEXICO.
 
JULIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF JULIETTE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
OFFSHORE.  HOWEVER...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS COULD REACH THE
COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA AT ANY TIME.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE REMAIN NEAR 60 MPH...  95 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS AND JULIETTE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  996 MB...29.41 INCHES.

HEAVY RAINS...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...AND LOCALLY 
HIGHER AMOUNTS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE POSSIBLE AND COULD PRODUCE 
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 

REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...14.0 N... 96.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 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 11 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 AM
PDT...SATURDAY.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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