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Tropical Storm LESTER (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LESTER INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM PDT WED OCT 13 2004
 
...LESTER NEAR THE COAST OF MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF
MEXICO FROM PUNTA MALDONADO WESTWARD TO LAZARO CARDENAS.
 
AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
LESTER WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.5
WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES...35 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO. 
THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 85 MILES...135 KM...SOUTHEAST OF ZIHUATANEJO
MEXICO.
 
LESTER HAS BEEN MEANDERING OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS AND A SLOW
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.  THIS MOTION
SHOULD KEEP THE CENTER OF LESTER NEAR OR JUST OFFSHORE OF THE
SOUTHERN COAST OF MEXICO.  HOWEVER...ANY CHANGE IN MOTION TOWARD
THE NORTH WOULD BRING THE CENTER ONSHORE.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE...UNLESS THE CENTER MOVES
INLAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  50 MILES
... 85 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 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 5 AM PDT POSITION...16.8 N...100.5 W.  MOVEMENT...
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 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 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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