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Tropical Storm LESTER (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LESTER INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM PDT TUE OCT 12 2004
 
...TROPICAL STORM LESTER BRUSHING THE COAST OF MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PUNTA MALDONADO 
WESTWARD TO ZIHUATANEJO.
 
AT 5 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LESTER WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 99.6 WEST OR ABOUT 
25 MILES... 45 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
LESTER IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH...9 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH 
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. 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... MAINLY SOUTH OF THE CENTER.
 
THE 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 5 PM PDT POSITION...16.4 N... 99.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 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 8 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
  
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