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Hurricane BETA (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION BETA ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM EST SUN OCT 30 2005

...BETA DISSIPATING OVER NICARAGUA...

AT 10 PM EST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BETA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  85.3 WEST OR ABOUT 
70 MILES... 115 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF MANAGUA NICARAGUA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  9 MPH...15 KM/HR.  A
WESTWARD TO WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.  THIS WOULD TAKE THE REMNANTS OF BETA INTO THE EASTERN
NORTH PACIFIC ON MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  25 MPH... 35
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND BETA IS DISSIPATING.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.

THE REMNANTS OF BETA ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF NICARAGUA...
HONDURAS...AND EL SALVADOR.  ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTALS OF 25
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 10 PM EST POSITION...12.7 N... 85.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 25 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON BETA.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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