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Tropical Depression Fourteen Advisory Number   2
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL142020
500 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2020
 
...AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS THE DEPRESSION
A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF HONDURAS AND
NICARAGUA...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...14.3N 81.0W
ABOUT 155 MI...250 KM ESE OF CABO GRACIAS A DIOS ON NIC/HON BORDER
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
 
The government of Honduras has upgraded the Tropical Storm Watch
to a Tropical Storm Warning from the Honduras/Nicaragua border
westward to Punta Castilla and for the Bay Islands.
 
The government of Nicaragua has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for
the coast of Nicaragua from Puerto Cabezas northward.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
 
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Honduras/Nicaragua border westward to Punta Castilla Honduras
* Bay Islands of Honduras
* Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua northward to the Honduras/Nicaragua
border
 
A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are
expected somewhere within the warning area, in this case within the
next 12 hours.
 
Additional watches or warnings, including for the Yucatan Peninsula
of Mexico, may be required later this evening or tonight.
 
For storm information specific to your area, please monitor
products issued by your national meteorological service.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 500 PM EDT (2100 UTC), the center of Tropical Depression Fourteen 
was located near latitude 14.3 North, longitude 81.0 West.  The 
depression is moving toward the west near 18 mph (30 km/h), and this 
general motion is expected to continue through tonight.  A turn 
toward the west-northwest and northwest with a decrease in forward 
speed is forecast on Friday, with a general northwest motion 
continuing through at least Sunday.  On the forecast track, the 
center of the system will move near or over extreme northern 
Nicaragua and northeastern Honduras, including the Bay Islands, on 
Friday and approach the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula of 
Mexico on Saturday.  The center is then expected to cross the 
Yucatan Peninsula Saturday night and move into the south-central 
Gulf of Mexico on Sunday.
 
Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph (55 km/h) with higher gusts.
Strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days, and
the depression is expected to become a tropical storm tonight.  The 
system could be near or at hurricane strength when it reaches the 
Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico late Saturday.
 
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1007 mb (29.74 inches).
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND:  Tropical storm conditions are expected to first reach the
coast within the warning area by tonight, making outside
preparations difficult or dangerous.  These conditions will spread
westward along the coast of Honduras within the warning area on
Friday.
 
RAINFALL:  The depression is expected to produce the following
rainfall accumulations through Sunday:
 
Eastern portions of the Mexican states of Quintana Roo and Yucatan:
3 to 6 inches, isolated maximum totals of 10 inches. This rainfall
may result in areas of flash flooding.
 
Honduras: 2 to 4 inches.
 
Jamaica and northern Nicaragua: 1 to 2 inches.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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Next intermediate advisory at 800 PM EDT.
Next complete advisory at 1100 PM EDT.
 
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Forecaster Berg
 
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