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WTPZ35 KNHC 062035
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-E ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP052008
200 PM PDT SUN JUL 06 2008

...DEPRESSION REMAINS DISORGANIZED...

AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO FROM EAST OF
LAZARO CARDENAS TO ACAPULCO.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM LAZARO CARDENAS 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 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION FIVE-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE
102.8 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES...130 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LAZARO
CARDENAS MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH AND A
NORTHWESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT
TWO DAYS.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL BE
MOVING NEAR THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
 
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 200 PM PDT POSITION...17.0 N...102.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
PM PDT.
 
$$
FORECASTER PASCH