000 WTPZ32 KNHC 011740 TCPEP2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BARBARA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 12A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP022007 1100 AM PDT FRI JUN 01 2007 ...BARBARA A LITTLE STRONGER... ...OUTER RAINBANDS MOVING ONSHORE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SIPACATE GUATEMALA WESTWARD TO BARRA DE TONALA MEXICO. 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 AM PDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARBARA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.1 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES...240 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE GUATEMALA/MEXICO BORDER OR ABOUT 215 MILES...340 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SALINA CRUZ MEXICO. BARBARA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR...AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 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 1100 AM PDT POSITION...13.3 N...94.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BROWN/AVILA