ZCZC MIATCPEP1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALMA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP012008 500 PM PDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...ALMA WEAKENING BUT STILL A TROPICAL STORM AS ITS CENTER NEARS HONDURAS...SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT CONTINUES... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA FROM JACO COSTA RICA NORTHWESTWARD INCLUDING NICARAGUA...HONDURAS AND EL SALVADOR. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 500 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF ALMA WAS LOCATED INLAND OVER EXTREME WESTERN NICARAGUA...CLOSE TO THE HONDURAS BORDER...NEAR LATITUDE 12.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.1 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES...130 KM...NORTHWEST OF MANAGUA NICARAGUA AND ABOUT 80 MILES...130 KM...SOUTH OF TEGUCIGALPA HONDURAS. ALMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF ALMA WILL BE MOVING OVER WESTERN HONDURAS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS ANTICIPATED ON FRIDAY...AND THE CENTER OF ALMA OR ITS REMNANT CIRCULATION COULD REACH GUATEMALA OR BELIZE LATE FRIDAY OR EARLY SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND ARE NOW ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE CYCLONE MOVES FARTHER INLAND...AND THE TROPICAL CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY SATURDAY OVER NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM MAINLY OVER WATER TO SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES. ALMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA FROM COSTA RICA NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH PORTIONS OF NICARAGUA...HONDURAS...EL SALVADOR...GUATEMALA AND BELIZE. ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HIGHER TERRAIN. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. REPEATING THE 500 PM PDT POSITION...12.9 N...87.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER KNABB/BLAKE NNNN
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