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TROPICAL STORM BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 1999

...BRET MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD...CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT
ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST FROM LA PESCA SOUTHWARD TO VERACRUZ.
 
RESIDENTS OF THE TEXAS COAST SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF BRET
OVER THE WEEKEND.

AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 21.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.4 WEST OR ABOUT 235
MILES...380 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 6 MPH...10 KM/HR. A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND BRET MAY BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR SATURDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF
THE WARNING AREA.
 
REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...21.1 N...94.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 4 PM CDT.
 
BEVEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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