477 
 WTPZ42 KNHC 291203
 TCDEP2
  
 TROPICAL STORM BARBARA SPECIAL DISCUSSION NUMBER   4
 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP022013
 500 AM PDT WED MAY 29 2013
  
 RECENT RADAR DATA FROM PUERTO ANGEL MEXICO INDICATE THAT BARBARA HAS
 BEEN TRYING TO FORM AN EYE...AND HAS APPARENTLY INTENSIFIED.  BASED
 UPON THE CURRENT TRENDS...A SPECIAL ADVISORY IS WARRANTED TO
 INCREASE THE INTENSITY FORECAST OF BARBARA TO INDICATE HURRICANE
 STRENGTH PRIOR TO LANDFALL.  BASED ON RECENT CENTER FIXES...THERE
 HAS BEEN A SLIGHT EASTWARD ADJUSTMENT TO THE SHORT-TERM FORECAST
 TRACK.  THIS SPECIAL ADVISORY IS ISSUED IN LIEU OF THE 1200 UTC
 INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY.
  
 FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
  
 INIT  29/1200Z 15.2N  95.0W   55 KT  65 MPH
  12H  29/1800Z 15.7N  94.9W   65 KT  75 MPH
  24H  30/0600Z 17.0N  94.8W   45 KT  50 MPH...INLAND
  36H  30/1800Z 18.0N  94.7W   25 KT  30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
  48H  31/0600Z...DISSIPATED
  
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 FORECASTER PASCH/LANDSEA