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TROPICAL STORM WILLA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 16A

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP242018

100 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2018



...WILLA RAPIDLY WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM INLAND NEAR DURANGO...

....TORRENTIAL RAINS TO CONTINUE OVER WEST-CENTRAL MEXICO...





SUMMARY OF 100 AM CDT...0600 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...23.8N 104.6W

ABOUT 10 MI...20 KM SE OF DURANGO MEXICO

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 45 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...32 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB...29.23 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:



THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL COASTAL TROPICAL

CYCLONE WARNINGS FOR MEXICO.



SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:



THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.





DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 100 AM CDT (0600 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM WILLA WAS

LOCATED INLAND MEXICO NEAR LATITUDE 23.8 NORTH, LONGITUDE 104.6

WEST. WILLA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH (32 KM/H),

AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS.

THE FORECAST TRACK WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WILMA FARTHER INLAND OVER

WEST-CENTRAL MEXICO.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED NEAR 45 MPH (75 KM/H) WITH

HIGHER GUSTS.  CONTINUED RAPID WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE

NEXT 12 HOURS, AND WILLA IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY THIS AFTERNOON.



TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES (110 KM),

MAINLY NEAR AND TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.



THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB (29.23 INCHES).