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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE-E SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM PDT FRI AUG 22 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE-E FORMS...TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR
SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...
 
AT 5 AM PDT...1200 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SOUTH OF
24N.
 
AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE-E WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.2 WEST OR ABOUT
125 MILES...200 KM...WEST OF PUERTO VALLARTA MEXICO.  THIS IS ALSO
ABOUT 230 MILES...370 KM...SOUTHEAST OF SAN JOSE DEL CABO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH
... 6 KM/HR.  A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT A FASTER
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD
BECOME A TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE
COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO BETWEEN PUERTO VALLARTA AND MANZANILLO.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM PDT POSITION...20.8 N...107.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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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