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Hurricane IGNACIO (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION IGNACIO ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT TUE AUG 26 2003
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION IGNACIO MOVING UP THE SOUTHERN BAJA
PENINSULA...
  
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
IGNACIO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.9 WEST
OR ABOUT 35 MILES...60 KM...WEST OF LORETO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH
... 7 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY
HIGHER...ARE STILL LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN BAJA
CALIFORNIA.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...26.0 N...111.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 2 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER COBB/FRANKLIN

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