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TROPICAL STORM EARL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL052016

100 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2016



...EARL FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN A LITTLE BEFORE LANDFALL IN BELIZE...





SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...16.8N 85.6W

ABOUT 55 MI...90 KM ENE OF ISLA ROATAN HONDURAS

ABOUT 185 MI...300 KM ESE OF BELIZE CITY

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H

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





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:



NONE.



SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:



A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. PUERTO COSTA MAYA, MEXICO, SOUTHWARD TO THE BELIZE/GUATEMALA

BORDER.

. BAY ISLANDS, HONDURAS.



A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. NORTH COAST OF HONDURAS FROM CABO GRACIAS A DIOS WESTWARD TO THE

HONDURAS/GUATEMALA BORDER.

. NORTH OF PUERTO COSTA MAYA TO PUNTA ALLEN, MEXICO.



FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, PLEASE MONITOR

PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.





DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

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AT 100 PM CDT (1800 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.8 NORTH, LONGITUDE 85.6 WEST. EARL IS

MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH (22 KM/H), AND THIS GENERAL

MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED

DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CORE OF EARL

IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR THE HONDURAS BAY ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON,

AND THEN MAKE LANDFALL IN BELIZE TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY.=