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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN-E INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  2A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM PDT WED SEP 20 2000

...TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
MEXICO... 

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST
OF MEXICO FROM ZIHUATANEJO TO MANZANILLO.
 
AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 125 MILES...200 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN MEANDERING BUT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD
THE NORTH NEAR 2 MPH... 4 KM/HR...TODAY.  DUE TO THE WEAK STEERING
CURRENTS SURROUNDING THIS SYSTEM... SOME ERRATIC MOTION CAN BE
EXPECTED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE DEPRESSION...HEAVY RAINS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE
LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...AND ALSO FARTHER NORTH
AND SOUTH ALONG THE COAST AND WELL INLAND.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM PDT POSITION...17.6 N...103.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
8 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN

 
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