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Tropical Storm LESTER (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LESTER ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT WED OCT 13 2004

...LESTER REMAINS ABOUT STATIONARY NEAR THE COAST OF MEXICO...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST
OF MEXICO FROM PUNTA MALDONADO WESTWARD TO LAZARO CARDENAS.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
LESTER WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.5
WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES... 40 KM... WEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.

LESTER IS NEARLY STATIONARY BUT A GENERALLY WESTWARD MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TODAY.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WOULD MOVE
NEAR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MEXICO.  HOWEVER A CHANGE IN MOTION
TOWARD THE NORTH WOULD BRING THE CENTER OF LESTER ONSHORE.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...IF
THE CENTER REMAINS OFFSHORE.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  50 MILES
... 85 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
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 8 AM PDT POSITION...16.8 N...100.5 W. MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...1002 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 11 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 PM
PDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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