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TROPICAL STORM MADELINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   2A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 1998
 
...TROPICAL STORM MADELINE THREATENING SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM LA PAZ SOUTHWARD.  WATCHES AND
WARNINGS COULD BE REQUIRED FOR A PORTION OF THE ADJACENT MAINLAND OF
MEXICO LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
AT 11 AM PDT..1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MADELINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.5 WEST OR ABOUT 260
MILES...415 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON THE SOUTHERN
TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
MADELINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR
...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...BRINGING THE CENTER OF MADELINE TO NEAR THE SOUTHERN BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM PDT POSITION...19.5 N...108.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
2 PM PDT.
 
RAPPAPORT
 
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