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| #28938 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:56 AM 29.Jun.2005) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 4 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...CONDITIONS DETERIORATING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST OF MEXICO AS BRET APPROACHES... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM VERACRUZ TO TAMPICO. 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. AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 96.7 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES... 85 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TUXPAN MEXICO AND ABOUT 135 MILES... 215 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO. BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH... 13 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. BRET IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL WITHIN THE WARNING AREA LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS STILL POSSIBLE BEFORE BRET REACHES THE COASTLINE. BRET IS A VERY SMALL TROPICAL CYCLONE...WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTENDING OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES... 55 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN...ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRET. REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...20.6 N... 96.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM CDT. FORECASTER KNABB |
