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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NORMAN ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT THU SEP 21 2000
 
..TORRENTIAL RAINS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE... 
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF THE TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 19.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE
104.4 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES...85 KM...NORTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH ...7 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO DISSIPATE OVER THE MOUNTAINS
OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE DEPRESSION...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS
OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN MOUNTAINOUS
AREAS...ARE LIKELY OVER ALONG AND WELL INLAND OF THE COAST FROM NEAR
MAZATLAN SOUTHWARD.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH
FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...19.8 N...104.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 30 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THIS WILL BE THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ON NORMAN UNLESS REGENERATION
OCCURS OVER WATER.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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