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Tropical Depression JIMENA (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION JIMENA ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132009
200 AM PDT FRI SEP 04 2009

...JIMENA WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION...ALL WARNINGS DISCONTINUED...
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED
ALL WARNINGS FOR MEXICO.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION JIMENA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.6 WEST OR ABOUT
45 MILES... 70 KM...EAST OF SANTA ROSALIA MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 2 MPH...3 KM/HR.
A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TODAY
AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER
OF JIMENA SHOULD MOVE OVER THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA LATER
TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS...AND JIMENA COULD DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT LOW
LATER TODAY OR SATURDAY.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
JIMENA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO
3 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN MEXICO AND THE CENTRAL PORTION OF
THE BAJA PENINSULA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.  ISOLATED MAXIMUM
STORM-TOTAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 30 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
 
HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST OF THE
CENTRAL BAJA PENINSULA AND WESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE TODAY.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...27.4N 111.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...SOUTHEAST OR 130 DEGREES AT 2 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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