Thursday, August 9, 2012

Heavy rains continue over much of southern Mexico as Tropical Storm Ernesto weakens - @NHC_Atlantic

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    000  WTNT35 KNHC 100240  TCPAT5    BULLETIN  TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO ADVISORY NUMBER  35  NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL052012  1000 PM CDT THU AUG 09 2012    ...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN MEXICO AS ERNESTO  WEAKENS...      SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION  -----------------------------------------------  LOCATION...18.1N 96.7W  ABOUT 85 MI...135 KM SSW OF VERACRUZ MEXICO  ABOUT 80 MI...125 KM N OF OAXACA MEXICO  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H  PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 265 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB...29.50 INCHES      WATCHES AND WARNINGS  --------------------  CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...    THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING  FOR THE COAST OF MEXICO.    SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...    THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.    FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR  PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.      DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK  ------------------------------  AT 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS  LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 96.7 WEST. ERNESTO IS  MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/H...AND THIS MOTION IS  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY UNTIL THE CYCLONE  DISSIPATES.    MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...  WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND ERNESTO  IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE ON FRIDAY AS THE CYCLONE CONTINUES TO MOVE  INLAND OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN MEXICO.    TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55  KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.    THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.      HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND  ----------------------  WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN A SMALL AREA NEAR  CENTER OF ERNESTO OVERNIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY  EARLY FRIDAY.    RAINFALL...ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL  ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OVER THE MEXICAN STATES OF  VERACRUZ...TABASCO...PUEBLA...AND OAXACA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.  ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN  ASSOCIATION WITH ERNESTO. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY PRODUCE LIFE  THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.      NEXT ADVISORY  -------------  NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...100 AM CDT.  NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...400 AM CDT.    $$  FORECASTER BRENNAN      


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