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Hurricane MARTY (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION MARTY ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT TUE SEP 23 2003

...PERISTENT MARTY MOVING SLOWLY NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE
NORTHEN GULF OF CALIFORNIA...
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION MARTY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 113.9 WEST OR ABOUT 
35 MILES...60 KM...SOUTHWEST OF PUERTO PENASCO MEXICO. THIS IS ALSO
ABOUT 60 MILES...95 KM... EAST OF SAN FELIPE MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH
...11 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN 
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
ON THIS TRACK...MARTY COULD MAKE LANDFALL OVER THE EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE OF SONORA MEXICO WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
THE DEPRESSION COULD DISSIPATE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARTY OVER PORTIONS OF
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MEXICO...NORTHEASTERN BAJA PENINSULA...AND
SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...30.9 N...113.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 2 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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