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Tropical Depression JIMENA (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION JIMENA ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132009
800 AM PDT FRI SEP 04 2009
 
...JIMENA WEAKENING OVER THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...

AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION JIMENA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.8 WEST OR ABOUT
40 MILES...65 KM...NORTHEAST OF SANTA ROSALIA MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 2 MPH...4 KM/HR. A
TURN TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
  
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND JIMENA IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME A REMNANT LOW LATER TODAY. 
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
JIMENA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO
2 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.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...27.7N 111.8W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 2 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN
 
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