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TROPICAL STORM ADRIAN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  12A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM PDT FRI MAY 20 2005
 
...ADRIAN RAPIDLY BECOMING DISORGANIZED OVER CENTRAL AMERICA...
 
AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR COASTAL EL
SALVADOR HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
ADRIAN WAS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE
88.0 WEST...WELL INLAND OVER SOUTHWESTERN HONDURAS.
 
ADRIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND A
GENERAL NORTHEASTWARD MOTION...WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED...IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE
CENTER OF ADRIAN WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE RUGGED TERRAIN OF
HONDURAS TODAY.
 
ADRIAN HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY OVER LAND...AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...CONFINED TO A SMALL AREA NEAR THE CENTER.  HOWEVER...
STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER
ELEVATED TERRAIN. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...AND THE CIRCULATION OF ADRIAN MAY DISSIPATE LATER
TODAY...BEFORE REACHING THE WATERS OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES
...50 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS OF NEAR 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN
ASSOCIATION WITH ADRIAN.  THESE RAINS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM PDT POSITION...14.3 N... 88.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
8 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER KNABB/AVILA
 
 
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