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Hurricane MARTY (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION MARTY ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT TUE SEP 23 2003

...MARTY WEAKENS INTO A DEPRESSION OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF
CALIFORNIA...
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA.  MARINE
INTERESTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
MARTY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 113.7 WEST.  THIS POSITION IS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF
CALIFORNIA AND ABOUT 95 MILES...155 KM...SOUTHEAST OF SAN FELIPE
MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION HAS SLOWED ITS FORWARD SPEED AND IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO MOVE
VERY LITTLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO AN ESTIMATED 35 MPH... 55
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARTY OVER MEXICO.  THESE
RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
RAINFALL HAS SPREAD TO THE BORDER BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE
SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES...AND RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 
4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...30.1 N...113.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 8 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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