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Tropical Depression BARBARA (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARBARA ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP022013
200 AM PDT THU MAY 30 2013
 
...BARBARA WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...17.8N 93.9W
ABOUT 40 MI...60 KM SE OF COATZACOALCOS MEXICO
ABOUT 70 MI...115 KM W OF VILLAHERMOSA MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB...29.53 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL TROPICAL STORM
WARNINGS.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE
UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARBARA
WAS LOCATED INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO NEAR LATITUDE 17.8
NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.9 WEST. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/H...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TODAY WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE OVER
THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO LATER TODAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A REMNANT LOW
LATER TODAY.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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RAINFALL...BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS
OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES
POSSIBLE...OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO. THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. ARRIAGA IN THE
STATE OF CHIAPAS RECENTLY REPORTED A RAINFALL TOTAL OF 16.02
INCHES...407 MM...IN THE LAST 18 HOURS. 
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN
 
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