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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN-E ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT FRI SEP 15 2000
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS OFFSHORE FROM SOUTHWEST MEXICO...
HEADING TOWARD SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...

AT 2 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SOUTH OF
LATITUDE 24 DEGREES NORTH.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN-E
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 350 MILES...560 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS ON
THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR.  THIS FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE
THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...19.6 N...107.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 PM
PDT.
 
FORECASTER RAPPAPORT
 
 
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