000WTNT34 KNHC 110547
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 10A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
...CLAUDETTE NEARING THE NORTHEASTERN TIP OF THE YUCATAN...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM CHETUMAL NORTHWARD AROUND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TO CAMPECHE.
INTERESTS IN WESTERN CUBA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CLAUDETTE.
AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.6 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES...30 KM...NORTHEAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO.
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE WILL BE MOVING OVER NORTHEASTERN YUCATAN THIS MORNING.
BASED UPON REPORTS FROM SHIP...ELWX5...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE INCREASED TO 55 MPH...90 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN RAINBANDS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST BEFORE THE CENTER MOVES OVER YUCATAN.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES ...220 KM TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FT ABOVE NORMAL...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH CLAUDETTE.
REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...20.7 N... 86.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 55 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM EDT.
FORECASTER JARVINEN/STEWART