000 WTPZ32 KNHC 200237 TCPEP2 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVENTEEN-E ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP172013 800 PM PDT SAT OCT 19 2013 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS SOUTH OF ACAPULCO... ...EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE COAST... SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...14.0N 100.5W ABOUT 205 MI...330 KM S OF ACAPULCO MEXICO ABOUT 265 MI...430 KM SSE OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE COAST OF SOUTHERN MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO WESTWARD TO LAZARO CARDENAS. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * ACAPULCO TO LAZARO CARDENAS A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. A HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR A PORTION OF THE SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO ON SUNDAY. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVENTEEN-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.5 WEST. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. A TURN TO THE NORTH WITH AN ADDITIONAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS FORECAST ON MONDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY APPROACH THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MEXICO LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TONIGHT OR SUNDAY. THE DEPRESSION COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH BY LATE MONDAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- RAINFALL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH- CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA BY LATE MONDAY. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...1100 PM PDT. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BROWN