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TROPICAL STORM CARLOS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 3A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM PDT THU JUN 26 2003
 
...DEPRESSION BECOMES TROPICAL STORM CARLOS...THIRD NAMED SYSTEM OF
THE EASTERN PACIFIC SEASON...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF
MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO TO PUNTA SAN TELMO.  INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG
THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE-E
HAS STRENGTHENED AND IS NOW TROPICAL STORM CARLOS.  AT 11 AM
PDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF CARLOS WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9
NORTH...LONGITUDE  97.9 WEST OR ABOUT 180 MILES...290 KM...
SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
CARLOS HAS BEEN MEANDERING DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS BUT IS
EXPECTED TO RESUME A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK LATER TODAY.
ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WOULD MOVE PARALLEL TO THE COAST OF
MEXICO.  HOWEVER ANY DEVIATION TO THE NORTH OF THIS TRACK COULD
BRING STRONGER WINDS TO THE COAST.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH... 65
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.66 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE OCCURRING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN
COAST OF MEXICO.  THESE RAINS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODS AND MUD
SLIDES IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM PDT POSITION...14.9 N... 97.9 W.  MOVEMENT...
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 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
2 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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