ZCZC MIATCPEP3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOWELL ADVISORY NUMBER 18 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132008 200 AM PDT THU SEP 11 2008 ...CENTER OF LOWELL OVER SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA... AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL WATCHES. 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 LOWELL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 110.1 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES... 50 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO AND ABOUT 65 MILES...100 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LA PAZ MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. LOWELL IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST LATER TODAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION WILL MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA THIS MORNING...OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO MAINLAND MEXICO TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER LOWELL MOVES INLAND OVER MAINLAND MEXICO. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. LOWELL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE STATES OF SINALOA AND SONORA IN MAINLAND MEXICO...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...23.3 N...110.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BROWN NNNN
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