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Tropical Depression NORMAN


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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NORMAN ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152006
200 AM PDT SUN OCT 15 2006

...NORMAN REGENERATES NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO...

SATELLITE IMAGES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE REMNANTS
OF NORMAN HAVE REDEVELOPED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.

AT 2 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM LAZARO
CARDENAS TO CABO CORRIENTES.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NORMAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 105.1 WEST OR ABOUT 80
MILES...130 KM...SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...BRINGING THE CENTER
TO THE COAST OF MEXICO IN THE WARNING AREA LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NORMAN IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM
BEFORE REACHING THE COAST.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.

NORMAN IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12
INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES IN AREAS OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...18.1 N...105.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH
 
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