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TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 1999
 
...BRET CONTINUING NORTHWARD AND BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED...

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 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 21.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.4 WEST OR ABOUT 230
MILES...375 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  7 MPH...11 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 FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS  992 MB...29.29 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. 
 
REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...21.3 N... 94.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 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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