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Tropical Depression THREE-E (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE-E ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT THU JUN 26 2003

...DEPRESSION NEARING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WHILE MOVING LITTLE...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF
MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO TO PUNTA SAN TELMO.  INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG
THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE-E WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  98.3 WEST OR ABOUT
180 MILES...290 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY DURING THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK LATER TODAY.
ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WOULD MOVE PARALLEL TO THE COAST OF
MEXICO.  HOWEVER ANY DEVIATION TO THE NORTH OF THIS TRACK COULD
BRING STRONGER WINDS TO THE COAST.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST
OF MEXICO.  THESE RAINS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES
IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...14.6 N... 98.3 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 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 11 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 PM
PDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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