ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM CCA BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO ADVISORY NUMBER 24...CORRECTED NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052006 1100 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ...CORRECTED RAINFALL STATEMENT... ...ERNESTO WEAKENS AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND... AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET SOUTHWARD AROUND THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TO BONITA BEACH ON THE WEST COAST INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE FLORIDA KEYS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. AT 11 AM EDT...THE HURRICANE WATCH FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER NORTHWARD TO CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. AT 11 AM EDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD AND IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SEBASTIAN INLET FLORIDA NORTHWARD AND NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE COAST TO CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.9 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES... 85 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA AND ABOUT 115 MILES...190 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SARASOTA FLORIDA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER SHOULD MOVE OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS LATE TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST WHILE ERNESTO IS OVER LAND BUT SOME INTENSIFICATION COULD OCCUR ON THURSDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE ATLANTIC. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TRACK OF ERNESTO OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS. REPEATING THE 1100 AM EDT POSITION...26.4 N...80.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 PM EDT. $$ FORECASTER AVILA NNNN
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