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TROPICAL DEPRESSION RICK INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  25A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP202009
1100 AM PDT WED OCT 21 2009
 
...RICK WEAKENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MEXICO...
 
AT 11 AM PDT...1800 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR MEXICO HAS
BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
  
AT 1100 AM PDT...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION RICK
WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 105.6 WEST OR
ABOUT 70 MILES...115 KM...NORTHEAST OF MAZATLAN MEXICO.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 17
MPH...27 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
UNTIL DISSIPATION. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...55
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BECOME A
REMNANT LOW LATER TODAY.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER THE
STATES OF SINALOA AND DURANGO IN WEST-CENTRAL MEXICO...WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...23.9N 105.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHEAST OR 50 DEGREES AT 17 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER CANGIALOSI/AVILA
 
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