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Tropical Depression MARCO (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION MARCO ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL132008
400 PM CDT TUE OCT 07 2008

...MARCO WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED
ALL WARNINGS FOR MEXICO.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 400 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION MARCO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.1 WEST OR ABOUT 80
MILES...125 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TUXPAN MEXICO AND ABOUT 75 MILES
...120 KM...NORTHWEST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 5 MPH...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.  ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...MARCO WILL MOVE FARTHER INLAND OVER CENTRAL
MEXICO.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND MARCO IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF
MEXICO TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
MARCO...OR ITS REMNANT...IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES
POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MEXICO.
 
REPEATING THE 400 PM CDT POSITION...19.9 N...97.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1000 PM CDT.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME
 
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