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Tropical Depression FIFTEEN-E (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN-E ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152008
200 PM PDT SAT OCT 04 2008
 
...DEPRESSION EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BY SUNDAY AND STAY
WELL SOUTH OF MEXICO...

AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN-E
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.3 WEST OR ABOUT
190 MILES...305 KM...SOUTH OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 5 MPH...8 KM/HR. THIS
GENERAL TRACK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND SUNDAY....KEEPING
THE DEPRESSION 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 200 PM PDT POSITION...14.2 N...100.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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