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TROPICAL DEPRESSION MITCH ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
9 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1998
 
...MITCH CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN GUATEMALA...

SMALL CRAFT ALONG THE CENTRAL AMERICA AND SOUTHERN MEXICO COASTS
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 9 PM CST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION MITCH
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  90.5 WEST.  THIS
POSITION IS NEAR THE CITY OF GUATEMALA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  9 MPH...15 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY OVER PORTIONS OF
HONDURAS...NICARAGUA...EL SALVADOR...BELIZE...GUATEMALA...AND THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH
FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES... ESPECIALLY IN ASSOCIATION WITH HIGHER
TERRAIN.
 
REPEATING THE 9 PM CST POSITION...14.6 N... 90.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
3 AM CST...SUNDAY.
 
RAPPAPORT
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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