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Tropical Storm LESTER

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TROPICAL STORM LESTER ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT TUE OCT 12 2004

...DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS INTO A TROPICAL STORM...

AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS CHANGED THE
TROPICAL STORM WATCH TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM PUNTA
MALDONADO TO ZIHUATANEJO.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LESTER WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 99.4 WEST OR ABOUT 55
MILES... 85 KM... SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.

LESTER IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.  ON
THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL BE VERY NEAR OR ON THE COAST OF MEXICO
IN THE WARNING AREA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES
... 75 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE POSSIBLE
OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MEXICO.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES IN MOUNTAINOUS
AREAS.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...16.3 N... 99.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 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 5 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 PM
PDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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