|
Show Selection: |
| #41276 (Received by flhurricane at: 6:28 PM 22.Aug.2005) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM JOSE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 515 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2005 ...TENTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2005 ATLANTIC SEASON FORMS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO... AT 515 PM CDT... 2215 UTC... THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS EXTENDED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING SOUTHWARD FROM VERACRUZ TO PUNTA EL LAGARTO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM PUNTA EL LAGARTO NORTHWARD TO CABO ROJO. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 515 PM CDT...2215Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 95.4 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES... 95 KM... EAST-NORTHEAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO AND ABOUT 160 MILES... 260 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TUXPAN MEXICO. JOSE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK... THE CENTER OF JOSE WILL BE NEAR THE COAST OF MEXICO IN THE WARNING AREA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST BEFORE JOSE MAKES LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES ... 55 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPRESSION. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. REPEATING THE 515 PM CDT POSITION...19.6 N... 95.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT. FORECASTER KNABB |
