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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NORMAN ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT WED SEP 20 2000

...NORMAN WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION INLAND OVER MEXICO...TORRENTIAL
RAINS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A MAJOR FLOOD THREAT...
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM ZIHUATANEJO TO
MANZANILLO HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO.
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 18.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 45 MILES...75 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH
... 7 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION WILL
CONTINUE MOVING OVER LAND ON THURSDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF NORMAN...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF 8 TO
12 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE
LIKELY OVER ALONG AND WELL INLAND OF THE COAST FROM NEAR MAZATLAN
SOUTHWARD.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...18.7 N...103.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 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
2 AM PDT...THURSDAY.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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