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TROPICAL STORM BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 1999
 
...BRET MOVING A BIT FASTER TOWARD THE NORTH...MAY REACH HURRICANE
STRENGTH TONIGHT...

A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT
ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST FROM LA PESCA SOUTHWARD TO VERACRUZ.

ALL INTERESTS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
BRET OVER THE WEEKEND. 

AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 21.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.4 WEST OR ABOUT 225
MILES...360 KM...EAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  9 MPH...14 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AT A SLOWER FORWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED
OVER 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 WILL LIKELY 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 JUST REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 983 MB...29.03 INCHES.
 
THE HEAVIEST RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH BRET WILL LIKELY REMAIN OFFSHORE
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. HOWEVER...RAIN BANDS SPREADING ONTO THE COAST
IN THE WARNED AREA COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 5 TO 8
INCHES...ESPECIALLY IN MOUTAINOUS AREAS.  

SOME OF THE OUTERMOST RAIN SHOWERS ARE ALREADY VERY CLOSE TO THE
SOUTHERN TEXAS COAST.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...21.9 N... 94.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...983 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 PM CDT.
 
FRANKLIN
 
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