Short-lived Tropical Depression Four-E formed from the same tropical wave that spawned Tropical Depression Two in the Atlantic basin. Satellite images show the wave crossing Central America between 30 June and 1 July and then moving westward across the eastern Pacific. The thunderstorm activity associated with the wave became somewhat concentrated with some cyclonic turning on early 6 July when the system was located about 1200 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Advisories were initiated at 2100 UTC on that day, but the depression weakened rapidly and it was dissipating 18 to 24 hours later. The track is presented in Table 1 and Fig. 1.
Table 1. Best track for Tropical Depression Four-E, 6-7 July, 2000. Date/Time
(UTC)Position Pressure
(mb)Wind Speed
(kt)Stage Lat. (°N) Lon. (°W) 6 / 1200 12.8 120.0 1007 25 tropical depression 6 / 1800 12.9 120.9 1008 25 " 7 / 0000 13.0 121.9 1008 25 " 7 / 0600 13.1 122.9 1008 25 " 7 / 1200 13.2 124.2 1009 20 dissipating 6 / 1200 12.8 120.0 1007 25 minimum pressure
Figure 1. Best track for Tropical Depression Four-E, 6-7 July, 2000.
