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Hurricane OLAF (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION OLAF ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT TUE OCT 07 2003
 
...OLAF CONTINUES TO WEAKEN INLAND WHILE RAINS CONTINUE...

AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION OLAF WAS
LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 20.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 104.5 WEST OR
ABOUT 50 MILES...80 KM...EAST OF PUERTO VALLARTA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  7 MPH
...11 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE
CIRCULATION OF OLAF DISSIPATES.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  OLAF SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND THE CIRCULATION IS
EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OF SOUTHWESTERN
MEXICO TONIGHT.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH OLAF. THESE
RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...20.6 N...104.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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