Tropical Depression EIGHT-E

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT-E ADVISORY NUMBER   1A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP082011
1100 AM PDT WED AUG 31 2011
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVES INLAND OVER SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 AM PDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...18.3N 102.8W
ABOUT 45 MI...70 KM WNW OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO
ABOUT 100 MI...160 KM WNW OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH...50 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES

 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

NONE.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... 
* ZIHUATANEJO TO PUNTA SAN TELMO MEXICO 
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1100 AM PDT...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
EIGHT-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.8
WEST.  THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 7
MPH...11 KM/H.  A SLOW NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS FORECAST
TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST BY THURSDAY.  ON
THE FORECAST TRACK...THE DEPRESSION WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER THE
HIGH TERRAIN OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 30 MPH...50
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FURTHER WEAKENING IS EXPECTED NOW THAT
THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION IS INLAND...AND THE DEPRESSION IS
FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A REMNANT LOW BY THURSDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.

 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS...PRIMARILY IN GUSTS...ARE STILL
POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA THIS
AFTERNOON.

RAIN...THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OVER
COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE MEXICAN STATES OF GUERRERO...MICHOACAN...
AND COLIMA.  THESE RAINS MAY PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/PASCH
 
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