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TROPICAL STORM BARBARA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  15A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022007
500 AM PDT SAT JUN 02 2007
 
...BARBARA MEANDERING AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN
   MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SIPACATE GUATEMALA
WESTWARD TO BARRA DE TONALA MEXICO.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM BARRA DE TONALA WESTWARD TO SALINA CRUZ.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 500 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARBARA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.7 WEST OR ABOUT 30
MILES...50 KM...WEST OF THE COASTLINE AT THE BORDER BETWEEN MEXICO
AND GUATEMALA.
 
BARBARA HAS BEEN MEANDERING DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...BUT A
GENERAL NORTHEASTWARD MOTION NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...IS EXPECTED TO
RESUME VERY SOON.  THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BRING BARBARA
ONSHORE NEAR THE MEXICO/GUATEMALA BORDER LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE CENTER
MAKES LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO
10 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA...WITH
POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM PDT POSITION...14.6 N...92.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
$$
FORECASTER BROWN/AVILA
 
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