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HURRICANE BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  10A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT SAT AUG 21 1999
 
...BRET SLOWLY INTENSIFYING...

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 CLOSELY MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF HURRICANE BRET OVER THE WEEKEND.

AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.6 WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES...335
KM...EAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE
NORTHWEST LATER TODAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 105 MILES...165 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  980 MB...28.94 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 1 AM CDT POSITION...22.5 N... 94.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 980 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT AT 4 AM CDT.
 
JARVINEN
 
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