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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANK ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT SUN AUG 09 1998

...FRANK SPREADING RAINS OVER SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AND
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MEXICO...

AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANK WAS
RELOCATED BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY NEAR LATITUDE 27.4 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 115.7 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES...80 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
PUNTA EUGENIA ON THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR
...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS FRANK
MOVES OVER COOL WATER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS
OF MAINLAND MEXICO.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.  ALTHOUGH WELL-REMOVED FROM THE
DEPRESSION CENTER...RAINFALL WILL ALSO CONTINUE SPREADING OVER OF
THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES...PRIMARILY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA...FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...27.4 N...115.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
2 PM PDT.
 
MAYFIELD
  
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