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TROPICAL STORM MADELINE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT FRI OCT 16 1998

...MADELINE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM LA PAZ SOUTHWARD.
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MADELINE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 250 MILES...400 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON
THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
  
MADELINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  5 MPH... 7 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BRINGING
THE CENTER OF MADELINE NEAR THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA
SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR NIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...19.8 N...108.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 AM
PDT...SATURDAY.
 
JARVINEN
 
 
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