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This will be our last update for Tropical Depression Lane.
Lane is Dissipating over inland Mexico.
September 17, 2006 - at 5: 00 AM PDT...1200 UTC... All Warning for MExico have been discontinued.
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NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132006
500 PM PDT SAT SEP 16 2006
HURRICANE LANE WEAKENING OVER THE MEXICAN STATE OF SINALOA - HEAVY RAINFALL, FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES STILL A THREAT
AT 500 PM PDT...0000Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ADJUSTED THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO...FROM MAZATLAN NORTHWARD TO ALTATA.
AT 500 PM PDT...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL OTHER COASTAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 500 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LANE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.2 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES...50 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CULIACAN MEXICO...AND ABOUT 110 MILES...180 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MAZATLAN MEXICO.
LANE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. THIS MOTION WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE CENTER OF LANE FARTHER INLAND OVER WEST-CENTRAL MEXICO TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...145 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LANE HAS WEAKENED TO A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS LANE MOVES FURTHER INLAND.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 978 MB...28.88 INCHES.
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW NEAR THE PATH OF THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LANE.
TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE WEST-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 TO 25 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF WEST-CENTRAL MEXICO. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM PDT.
FORECASTER ROBERTS/STEWART
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