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Tropical Depression TWO-E


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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO-E ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022006
200 PM PDT SAT JUN 03 2006
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEARING STORM STRENGTH HEADING FOR THE
SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO...TORRENTIAL RAINS IN ACAPULCO...

AT 2 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO FROM
ACAPULCO TO PUNTA SAN TELMO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO-E WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.3 WEST OR ABOUT 85
MILES...135 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH. ON THIS
TRACK THE CENTER WILL BE NEAR THE COAST EARLY SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BEFORE CROSSING
THE COAST OF MEXICO.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER 
AMOUNTS OF NEAR 20 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST
COAST OF MEXICO. THESE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. ACCORDING TO THE
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF MEXICO ACAPULCO ALREADY MEASURED NEAR 11
INCHES OF RAIN.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...16.7 N...102.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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