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#54794 (Received by flhurricane at: 3:34 PM 30.Oct.2005) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BETA ADVISORY NUMBER 16 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 4 PM EST SUN OCT 30 2005 ...BETA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND... AT 4 PM EST...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA HAS ADJUSTED ITS WARNINGS...DISCONTINUING THE HURRICANE WARNING FROM BLUEFIELDS NORTHWARD...AND THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING SOUTH OF BLUEFIELDS. THESE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING... WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM BLUEFIELDS NORTHWARD TO PUERTO CABEZAS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 4 PM EST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 84.4 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES... 100 KM... NORTHWEST OF BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA. BETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR. A WEST TO WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED UNTIL THE CIRCULATION DISSIPATES OVER WESTERN NICARAGUA ON MONDAY. THE REMNANTS OF BETA ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GENERALLY WESTWARD INTO THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED...AND BETA SHOULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVERNIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES ...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES. HURRICANE BETA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS NICARAGUA AND EASTERN HONDURAS... WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 25 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EL SALVADOR AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN HONDURAS. REPEATING THE 4 PM EST POSITION...12.7 N... 84.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 PM EST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM EST. FORECASTER FRANKLIN |