000 WTPZ23 KNHC 311440 TCMEP3 TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT-E FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP082011 1500 UTC WED AUG 31 2011 THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE COAST OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO FROM ZIHUATANEJO TO PUNTA SAN TELMO. TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.0N 102.7W AT 31/1500Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 20 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 325 DEGREES AT 6 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1002 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT. REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.0N 102.7W AT 31/1500Z AT 31/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 17.8N 102.5W FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 18.7N 103.4W MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT. FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 19.7N 104.5W MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT. FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 20.7N 105.6W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW MAX WIND 20 KT...GUSTS 30 KT. FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 21.5N 106.5W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW MAX WIND 20 KT...GUSTS 30 KT. FORECAST VALID 03/1200Z...DISSIPATED REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 18.0N 102.7W NEXT ADVISORY AT 31/2100Z $$ FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN