|
Show Selection: |
| #220670 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:34 AM 07.Oct.2008) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MARCO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL132008 700 AM CDT TUE OCT 07 2008 ...MARCO EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL LATER TODAY... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM CABO ROJO SOUTHWARD TO VERACRUZ. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...WITHIN THE WARNING AREA LATER TODAY. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 700 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARCO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 96.5 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES...125 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TUXPAN MEXICO. MARCO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF MARCO SHOULD MOVE INLAND WITHIN THE WARNING AREA LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...AND MARCO COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH WHEN IT REACHES THE COAST. MARCO IS AN EXTREMELY SMALL TROPICAL CYCLONE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ONLY EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 10 MILES...20 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES. MARCO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES... WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MEXICAN STATES OF NORTHERN VERACRUZ...NORTHERN PUEBLA... HILDALGO...AND SAN LUIS POTOSI. REPEATING THE 700 AM CDT POSITION...20.2 N...96.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT. $$ FORECASTER RHOME/PASCH |
