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TROPICAL STORM ISELLE ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT MON SEP 16 2002

...ISELLE CONTINUING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...WARNINGS DISCONTINUED...
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISELLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.6 WEST OR ABOUT
285 MILES...460 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
ISELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH
...22 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION SHOULD MOVE THE CENTER
OF ISELLE AWAY FROM THE MEXICAN COAST TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES
...370 KM FROM THE CENTER.  ALTHOUGH ISELLE IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE
COAST...SOME SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE MAY
STILL OCCUR ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST BETWEEN MANZANILLO AND CABO
CORRIENTES THIS MORNING.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING ALONG 
PORTIONS OF THE MEXICAN COAST BETWEEN MANZANILLO AND MAZATLAN.  
CONDITIONS SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE LATER TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...17.6 N...108.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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