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Tropical Storm LANE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LANE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   2A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132006
1100 PM PDT WED SEP 13 2006
 
...TWELFTH NAMED STORM OF THE 2006 SEASON FORMS...
...OUTER RAINBANDS AFFECTING THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF
MEXICO FROM TECPAN DE GALEANA WESTWARD TO MANZANILLO. A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF
MEXICO FROM WEST OF MANZANILLO WESTWARD TO CABO CORRIENTES.  A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 1100 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LANE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.4 WEST OR ABOUT
100 MILES...155 KM...SOUTH OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO AND ABOUT 210
MILES...335 KM...SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
LANE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. ALTHOUGH THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM SAN MARCOS THROUGH ACAPULCO TO
TECOMAN...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES OVER THE
COASTAL MOUNTAINS.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH
FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGHER TERRAIN.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM PDT POSITION...16.5 N...102.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME/KNABB
 
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