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Tropical Storm Cristobal Intermediate Advisory Number 9A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL032020
700 PM CDT Wed Jun 03 2020
…CRISTOBAL WEAKENING VERY SLOWLY WHILE MEANDERING OVER LAND…
…THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING CONTINUES…
SUMMARY OF 700 PM CDT…0000 UTC…INFORMATION
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LOCATION…18.3N 91.8W
ABOUT 20 MI…35 KM S OF CIUDAD DEL CARMEN MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…45 MPH…75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…STATIONARY
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…995 MB…29.39 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
None.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for…
* Campeche to Coatzacoalcos Mexico
For storm information specific to your area, please monitor
products issued by your national meteorological service.
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 700 PM CDT (0000 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Cristobal was
located near latitude 18.3 North, longitude 91.8 West. Cristobal
has been nearly stationary over the past few hours but a slow
southeast or east motion should resume later tonight. A turn toward
the north-northeast and north is expected on Thursday and Friday.
On the forecast track, the center will move over the land mass of
eastern Mexico through Thursday. The center is forecast to move
back over the southern Gulf of Mexico on Friday, and over the
central Gulf of Mexico on Saturday.
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 45 mph (75 km/h)
with higher gusts. Slow weakening will occur while the cyclone
moves over land, and Cristobal will likely become a tropical
depression by Thursday evening. Some re-strengthening is expected
to begin on Friday.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles (95 km)
from the center.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 995 mb (29.39 inches).
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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Key messages for Cristobal can be found in the Tropical Cyclone
Discussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT3, WMO header WTNT43 KNHC, and
on the web at www.hurricanes.gov/text/MIATCDAT3.shtml
RAINFALL: Cristobal is expected to produce the following
rain accumulations through Friday night:
Mexican states of Campeche, northern Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco,
and Yucatan…10 to 20 inches, isolated 25 inches.
Mexican state of southern Chiapas…15 to 20 inches, isolated 25
inches.
Mexican states of Veracruz and Oaxaca…5 to 10 inches.
Southern Guatemala…Additional 15 to 20 inches, isolated storm
total amounts of 35 inches dating back to Saturday, May 30th.
El Salvador…Additional 10 to 15 inches, isolated storm total
amounts of 35 inches dating back to Saturday, May 30th.
Belize and Honduras…3 to 6 inches, isolated 10 inches.
Rainfall in all of these areas may produce life-threatening flash
floods and mudslides.
WIND: Tropical storm conditions are affecting the coast within
portions of the warning area.