Tropical Depression SEVENTEEN-E

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVENTEEN-E ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP172008
200 AM PDT FRI OCT 24 2008

...DEPRESSION JUST BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
SEVENTEEN-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 106.1
WEST OR ABOUT 255 MILES...415 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO
MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND WEST FORECAST TO OCCUR ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE DEPRESSION COULD BRIEFLY
REACH TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH LATER TODAY BEFORE GRADUAL WEAKENING
BEGINS BY SATURDAY.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...15.7 N...106.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER STEWART
 
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