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| #220561 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:49 PM 06.Oct.2008) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MARCO ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL132008 400 PM CDT MON OCT 06 2008 ...BAY OF CAMPECHE DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS INTO A TROPICAL STORM... AT 4 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM CABO ROJO SOUTHWARD TO VERACRUZ. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AT 4 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO CABO ROJO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM CABO ROJO SOUTHWARD TO PUNTA EL LAGARTO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN HAS STRENGTHENED...AND IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM. AT 400 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARCO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.7 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO. MARCO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL BE NEAR THE COAST OF MEXICO WITHIN THE WARNING AREA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND MARCO COULD APPROACH HURRICANE STRENGTH AS IT NEARS THE COAST. MARCO IS A SMALL TROPICAL CYCLONE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES. THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MEXICAN STATES OF VERACRUZ...NORTHERN OAXACA...AND TABASCO. REPEATING THE 400 PM CDT POSITION...19.5 N...94.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 700 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1000 PM CDT. $$ FORECASTER RHOME/PASCH |
