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Tropical Depression BARBARA (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARBARA ADVISORY NUMBER   9...CORRECTED
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP022013
800 AM PDT THU MAY 30 2013

CORRECTED DIRECTION FROM COATZACOALCOS
 
...BARBARA NEAR THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO BUT VERY ILL DEFINED...
...THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING CONTINUES...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...18.5N 95.0W
ABOUT 40 MI...60 KM NW OF COATZACOALCOS MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH...45 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION BARBARA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE
95.0 WEST.  THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 3
MPH...6 KM/H.  A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND WEST IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
CENTER WILL BE MOVING VERY NEAR OR ALONG THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 30 MPH...45
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  BARBARA IS FORECAST TO DISSIPATE IN A
DAY OR SO.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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RAINFALL...BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO...
BRINGING STORM TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 25 INCHES.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH/LANDSEA
 
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