WTNT35 KNHC 040252 RRA TCPAT5 BULLETIN HURRICANE EARL ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052016 1000 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2016 ...EARL NEARING THE COAST OF BELIZE... SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...17.4N 87.6W ABOUT 40 MI...65 KM E OF BELIZE CITY MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...984 MB...29.06 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY: THE GOVERNMENT OF HONDURAS HAS DISCONTINUED ALL WARNINGS FOR THE COAST OF HONDURAS AND THE BAY ISLANDS. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... . PUERTO COSTA MAYA, MEXICO, SOUTHWARD TO THE BELIZE/GUATEMALA BORDER. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... . 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 ------------------------------ AT 1000 PM CDT (0300 UTC), THE EYE OF HURRICANE EARL WAS LOCATED BY AN AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 17.4 NORTH, LONGITUDE 87.6 WEST. EARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH (24 KM/H), AND A WESTWARD OR SLIGHTLY NORTH OF WESTWARD MOTION WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF EARL WILL MOVE INLAND OVER BELIZE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS, AND MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO OR NORTHERN GUATEMALA ON THURSDAY.=