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Tropical Depression BARBARA (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARBARA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  16A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022007
1100 AM PDT SAT JUN 02 2007
 
...MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OVER MEXICO TAKES A TOLL ON BARBARA...        
...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES...
 
AT 1100 AM PDT...1800 UTC...THE GOVERNMENTS OF MEXICO AND GUATEMALA
HAVE DISCONTINUED ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS. 
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 1100 AM PDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARBARA
WAS LOCATED WELL INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 15.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.2
WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES...30 KM...NORTH OF TAPACHULA MEXICO.
 
BARBARA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  ON THIS TRACK...BARBARA
WILL CONTINUE MOVING INLAND ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN MEXICO AND
GUATEMALA.
 
SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT BARBARA HAS
WEAKENED TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION STATUS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE
WINDS ARE PROBABLY CONFINED TO THE COASTAL SECTION AND AREAS OF
HIGHER TERRAIN.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS BARBARA MOVES
FARTHER INLAND.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO
10 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA...WITH
POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM PDT POSITION...15.2 N...92.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/AVILA
 
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