Skip Navigation Links
NOAA NOAA United States Department of Commerce

Tropical Depression TRUDY


ZCZC MIATCPEP5 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM

BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TRUDY ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP202014
200 PM PDT SAT OCT 18 2014

...TRUDY DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BUT STILL DRENCHING
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO...


SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...17.2N 98.5W
ABOUT 95 MI...150 KM ENE OF ACAPULCO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MEXICO.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

NONE.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
------------------------------
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TRUDY
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.5 WEST. THE
DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/H.
THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED DRIFT NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. IT IS
ANTICIPATED THAT TRUDY WILL TRANSITION TO A REMNANT LOW BY SUNDAY.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
RAINFALL...TRUDY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 20 INCHES DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS IN THE
STATES OF GUERRERO AND OAXACA IN SOUTHERN MEXICO. THESE RAINS ARE
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES...
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.


NEXT ADVISORY
-------------
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 PM PDT.

$$
FORECASTER LANDSEA

NNNN