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Tropical Depression PAUL (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION PAUL SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP172006
400 PM PDT WED OCT 25 2006

...PAUL WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION... WARNINGS LOWERED BUT RAINFALL
THREAT CONTINUES...
 
AT 4 PM PDT...2300 UTC... THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO FROM
MAZATLAN TO ALTATA.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 400 PM PDT...2300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION PAUL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.1 WEST OR ABOUT 135
MILES...220 KM...NORTHWEST OF MAZATLAN MEXICO AND ABOUT 110 MILES...
180 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LOS MOCHIS MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION HAS TURNED TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 8 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  PAUL IS FORECAST TO DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

PAUL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5
INCHES OVER THE WEST-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO FROM TEACAPAN
TO MAZATLAN AND CULIACAN...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
OF 8 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA MADRE
OCCIDENTAL.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 400 PM PDT POSITION...24.4 N...108.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE/FRANKLIN
 
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