Tropical Depression FOUR-E

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR-E INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   3A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM PDT MON JUL 04 2005
 
...DEPRESSION CLOSE TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...PASSING JUST
SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO WESTWARD TO
ZIHUATANEJO.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM WEST OF ZIHUATANEJO WESTWARD TO
PUNTA SAN TELMO.
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED WESTWARD LATER TODAY.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 11 AM PDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR-E WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 100.2 WEST OR ABOUT
30 MILES... 50 KM... SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.

THE DEPRESSION IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH
...11 KM/HR.  A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL MOVE NEAR
OR ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND THE
DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO TO ZIHUATANEJO WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAINOUS
TERRAIN.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM PDT POSITION...16.6 N...100.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
2 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH/ROBERTS
 
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