238  
WTNT35 KNHC 191153  
TCPAT5  
 
BULLETIN  
TROPICAL STORM NADINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 3A  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152024  
700 AM CDT SAT OCT 19 2024  
   
..TROPICAL STORM NADINE NEARING LANDFALL IN BELIZE  
 
...HEAVY RAINS AND TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SPREADING OVER PARTS  
OF BELIZE AND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO...  
 
 
SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION  
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LOCATION...17.3N 87.3W  
ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM E OF BELIZE CITY  
ABOUT 105 MI...165 KM SE OF CHETUMAL MEXICO  
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...70 KM/H  
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.58 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...  
* BELIZE CITY, BELIZE TO CANCUN, MEXICO, INCLUDING COZUMEL  
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA, IN THIS CASE LATER THIS  
MORNING.  
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN BELIZE AND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO  
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.  
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, PLEASE MONITOR  
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.  
 
 
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK  
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AT 700 AM CDT (1200 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NADINE WAS  
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH, LONGITUDE 87.3 WEST. NADINE IS  
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH (15 KM/H), AND THIS GENERAL MOTION  
WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ON  
THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF NADINE IS FORECAST TO MAKE  
LANDFALL ALONG THE COAST OF BELIZE LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY  
AFTERNOON, AND THEN CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN GUATEMALA AND  
SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 45 MPH (70 KM/H) WITH  
HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE THIS  
MORNING BEFORE NADINE MAKES LANDFALL. WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO  
BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ONCE NADINE IS INLAND, AND THE SYSTEM IS LIKELY  
TO DISSIPATE OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO BY EARLY SUNDAY.  
 
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES (370 KM)  
NORTH OF THE CENTER.  
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB (29.58 INCHES).  
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND  
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KEY MESSAGES FOR NADINE CAN BE FOUND IN THE TROPICAL CYCLONE  
DISCUSSION UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCDAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT45 KNHC  
AND ON THE WEB AT HURRICANES.GOV/TEXT/MIATCDAT5.SHTML  
 
RAINFALL: WIDESPREAD 4 TO 8 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED WITH  
NADINE ACROSS NORTHERN BELIZE, NORTHERN GUATEMALA, AND SOUTHERN  
MEXICAN STATES FROM QUINTANA ROO WESTWARD TO VERACRUZ. ISOLATED  
AREAS OF AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 12 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE  
TUESDAY.  
 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF FORECAST RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH  
TROPICAL STORM NADINE, PLEASE SEE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM  
TOTAL RAINFALL GRAPHIC, AVAILABLE AT  
HURRICANES.GOV/GRAPHICS_AT5.SHTML?RAINQPF.  
 
WIND: TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA  
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
STORM SURGE: MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF ONSHORE  
WINDS NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MOVES INLAND.  
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY  
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1000 AM CDT.  
 
 
FORECASTER PAPIN  
 
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