CRISTOBAL LOOKING WELL DEFINED ON SATELLITE...STORM GRADUALLY GETTING STRONGER...

INTEREST IN THE NORTHERN GULF SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS STORM SYSTEM.

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880 
WTNT33 KNHC 030238
TCPAT3

BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Cristobal Advisory Number   6
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL032020
1000 PM CDT Tue Jun 02 2020

...CRISTOBAL A LITTLE STRONGER AS IT INCHES TOWARD THE COAST OF
MEXICO...
...HEAVY RAIN AND LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES...


SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...19.1N 92.3W
ABOUT 50 MI...75 KM NW OF CIUDAD DEL CARMEN MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...S OR 180 DEGREES AT 1 MPH...2 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB...29.42 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 Puerto de Veracruz

For storm information specific to your area, please monitor
products issued by your national meteorological service.


DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
----------------------
At 1000 PM CDT (0300 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Cristobal
was located near latitude 19.1 North, longitude 92.3 West. Cristobal
is moving toward the south near 1 mph (2 km/h), and a turn
toward the southeast and east is expected tonight and Wednesday,
followed by a turn toward the north-northeast and north on Thursday
and Friday.  On the forecast track, the center will cross the
southern Bay of Campeche coast later tonight or on Wednesday and 
move inland over eastern Mexico Wednesday night and Thursday.  The 
center is forecast to move back over the Bay of Campeche Thursday 
night and Friday.

Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate 
that the maximum sustained winds have increased to near 50 mph 
(85 km/h) with higher gusts.  Some additional increase in strength 
is possible until the center crosses the coast.  Gradual weakening 
is forecast while the center remains inland, but restrengthening is 
expected after Cristobal moves back over water Thursday night and 
Friday.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km)
from the center.  A wind gust of 39 mph (63 km/h) was recently 
reported at an automated observing site in Ciudad del Carmen.

The latest minimum central pressure reported by reconnaissance 
aircraft is 996 mb (29.42 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 total rain accumulations
of 10 to 20 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 25 inches over
parts of the Mexican states of Tabasco and Campeche.  Cristobal is
also expected to produce total rain accumulations of 10 to 15 inches
over parts of the Mexican states of Chiapas, Veracruz, Quintana Roo,
Yucatan and Oaxaca.  Additional rainfall of 10 to 15 inches, with
isolated amounts of 25 inches is expected along the Pacific coasts
of Chiapas, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Some of these Pacific
locations received 20 inches of rain over the weekend, and storm
total amounts of 35 inches are possible. Rainfall of 3 to 6 inches,
with isolated amounts of 10 inches, is expected across portions of
Honduras and Belize.  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.


NEXT ADVISORY
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Next intermediate advisory at 100 AM CDT.
Next complete advisory at 400 AM CDT.

$$
Forecaster Brown