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Hurricane OLAF (Text)


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TROPICAL DEPRESSION OLAF INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  18A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM PDT TUE OCT 07 2003
 
...OLAF WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION...
 
AT 11 AM PDT...1800Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL
COASTAL WARNINGS.
 
AT 11 AM PDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION OLAF WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 104.5 WEST OR ABOUT 75
MILES...120 KM...NORTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
OLAF IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 6 MPH ... 9 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK
THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING INLAND TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  OLAF IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING OVER LAND TODAY...AND
THE CIRCULATION IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS
TERRAIN OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO TONIGHT.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ALONG THE COAST SHOULD BE DIMINISHING TODAY.
 
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.
DERIVADORA HAS REPORTED NEARLY 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST
24 HOURS.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM PDT POSITION...20.2 N...104.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 1001 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 FRANKLIN
 
 
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