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Tropical Depression FIFTEEN-E


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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN-E ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152008
200 AM PDT SAT OCT 04 2008

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN-E MOVING LITTLE...REMAINING WELL
OFFSHORE...

AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN-E
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.8 WEST OR ABOUT
240 MILES...385 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS NEARLY STATIONARY.  A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24
HOURS.  THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION SHOULD REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF
COAST OF MEXICO AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWEST.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...13.6 N...98.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/BEVEN
 
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