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WTPZ35 KNHC 061729
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-E INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   4A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP052008
1100 AM PDT SUN JUL 06 2008
 
...POORLY-ORGANIZED DEPRESSION CONTINUES TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS
ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO...

AT 1100 AM PDT...1800Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS CHANGED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING TO A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHWEST
COAST OF MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO TO ZIHUATANEJO.  A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO FROM
ACAPULCO TO MANZANILLO.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY
WITHIN 36 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 1100 AM PDT...1800Z...THE ILL-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION FIVE-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE
103.1 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES...205 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE
NEXT TWO DAYS.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL
CYCLONE WILL BE MOVING VERY NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO
DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE DEPRESSION IS POORLY-
ORGANIZED...AND LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT DAY OR TWO.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES...ESPECIALLY OVER
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM PDT POSITION...16.6 N...103.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH