ZCZC MIATCPEP2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN 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 NNNN
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