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Tropical Storm ALETTA

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TROPICAL STORM ALETTA ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP012006
800 AM PDT SUN MAY 28 2006
 
...ALETTA NEARLY STATIONARY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF
MEXICO FROM PUNTA MALDONADO WESTWARD TO TECPAN DE GALEANA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF PUNTA MALDONAD
EASTWARD TO PUERTO ESCONDIDO...AND FROM WEST OF TECPAN DE GALEANA
WESTWARD TO ZIHUATANEJO.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALETTA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 101.3 WEST OR ABOUT 135
MILES...215 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
ALETTA IS STATIONARY...AND AN ERRATIC MOTION IS LIKELY DURING THE DAY
TODAY.   HOWEVER...A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE NORTH COULD RESUME
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WHICH WOULD TAKE THE CENTER OF ALETTA
CLOSER TO THE COAST. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95
KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN...ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ALETTA.

REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...15.5 N...101.3 W.  MOVEMENT...
STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200
PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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