038  
WTNT42 KNHC 292036  
TCDAT2  
 
TROPICAL STORM BARRY DISCUSSION NUMBER 5  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022025  
400 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2025  
 
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, IN THE FINAL LEG EXITING BARRY IN THE  
NORTHEAST QUADRANT, THE AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE SAMPLING  
THE STORM MEASURED A 850 MB FLIGHT LEVEL WIND OF 51 KT AT 1647 UTC.  
THIS DATA WAS THE BASIS FOR INCREASING THE WINDS TO 40 KT AT 18 UTC  
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY USING THE STANDARD SURFACE WIND REDUCTION  
FACTOR. SINCE THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE STORM, THE SATELLITE  
PRESENTATION HAS REMAINED QUITE UNIMPRESSIVE, WITH THE DEEPEST  
CONVECTION NEAR THE CENTER BEING SHEARED OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST,  
THOUGH A LARGER CURVED BAND IS ATTEMPTING TO ORGANIZE WELL TO THE  
NORTHEAST OF THE SMALL SURFACE VORTEX. THE CENTER HAS ALSO BEEN  
TRACKABLE ON RADAR BASED OUT OF TAMPICO, MEXICO. BASED PARTIALLY OFF  
THE EARLIER AIRCRAFT DATA, THE INTENSITY OF BARRY REMAINS 40 KT THIS  
ADVISORY, BUT THIS VALUE IS ALSO CLOSE TO THE OBJECTIVE SATELLITE  
ESTIMATES OF 41 KT AND 40 KT FROM ADT AND SATCON RESPECTIVELY.  
 
BARRY CONTINUES TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHWEST, WITH THE LATEST MOTION  
ESTIMATED AT 315/8 KT, FASTER THAN EARLIER TODAY. THE STEERING FLOW  
IS WELL-ESTABLISHED BY A LOW-TO-MID LEVEL RIDGE PARKED IN THE  
CENTRAL GULF, WHICH SHOULD MAINTAIN BARRY'S NORTHWESTWARD MOTION  
UNTIL IT MAKES LANDFALL THIS EVENING NEAR CABO ROJO, BETWEEN  
THE CITIES OF TUXPAN AND TAMPICO, MEXICO. THE LATEST NHC TRACK IS  
ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE RIGHT THAN THE PRIOR TRACK, AND IS CLOSEST TO  
THE INTERPOLATED 12 UTC ECMWF TRACK AID THIS CYCLE (EMXI).  
 
TIME IS JUST ABOUT UP FOR BARRY TO INTENSIFY MORE BEFORE IT MAKES  
LANDFALL ALONG THE EASTERN GULF COAST OF MEXICO. WEAKENING SHOULD  
BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER THE TROPICAL STORM MOVES INLAND AND ESPECIALLY  
WHEN IT ENCOUNTERS THE HIGH RUGGED TERRAIN LOCATED IN EAST-CENTRAL  
MEXICO. THIS WEAKENING IS REFLECTED IN THE LATEST NHC INTENSITY  
FORECAST, AND BARRY WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY  
ON MONDAY, IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE GLOBAL  
AND HURRICANE REGIONAL MODEL GUIDANCE.  
 
THE PRIMARY IMPACT WITH BARRY REMAINS HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH  
FLOODING FOR THE UPSLOPE AREAS OF EASTERN MEXICO. PLEASE SEE THE  
LATEST FORECAST RAINFALL GRAPHIC FROM THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER  
INTERNATIONAL DESK FOR MORE INFORMATION.  
 
KEY MESSAGES:  
 
1. TROPICAL STORM BARRY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS  
OF NORTHEASTERN MEXICO THROUGH MONDAY. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING AND  
MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.  
 
2. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS, ARE EXPECTED  
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN MEXICO IN THE  
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA.  
 
 
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS  
 
INIT 29/2100Z 21.2N 96.9W 40 KT 45 MPH  
12H 30/0600Z 22.0N 97.9W 30 KT 35 MPH...INLAND  
24H 30/1800Z 22.8N 98.8W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/INLAND  
36H 01/0600Z...DISSIPATED  
 

 
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