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Tropical Depression FIFTEEN-E (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN-E ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152008
800 AM PDT SAT OCT 04 2008

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION DRIFTING WESTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN
INTENSITY...
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN-E
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 99.5 WEST OR ABOUT
200 MILES...325 KM...SOUTH OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 2 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
WESTWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED TODAY AND SUNDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE
DEPRESSION WILL REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF THE COAST OF MEXICO. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON
SUNDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...14.0 N...99.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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