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Tropical Depression TWO-E


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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO-E ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022006
800 PM PDT SAT JUN 03 2006

...DEPRESSION APPROACHING SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO...HEAVY RAINFALL
IS THE GREATEST THREAT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 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 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO-E WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.0 WEST OR ABOUT 45
MILES... 70 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR.
THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION NEAR OR OVER
THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM PRIOR TO THE
CENTER REACHING THE COAST OF MEXICO WITH WEAKENING EXPECTED
THEREAFTER. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS OF NEAR 25 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.  
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...17.2 N...102.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200
AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER MAINELLI/BEVEN
 

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