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Tropical Depression FIVE-E (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-E ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP052008
200 AM PDT SUN JUL 06 2008
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION HAS NOT INCREASED IN STRENGTH...RAINBANDS ARE
SPREADING ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN
COAST OF MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO TO ZIHUATANEJO. A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM
ZIHUATANEJO TO MANZANILLO.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM
PUERTO ANGEL TO CABO CORRIENTES SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS
DEPRESSION.
 
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 FIVE-E WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.2 WEST OR ABOUT 175
MILES...280 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO AND ABOUT 145
MILES...230 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15
KM/HR.  THIS SYSTEM SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING AT ABOUT THE SAME SPEED
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.  ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO CLOSELY
PARALLEL OR MOVE OVER THE COAST TODAY OR MONDAY.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND
THE SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TODAY OR MONDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
  
THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES...ESPECIALLY OVER
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...15.7 N...102.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 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 LANDSEA/KNABB
 
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