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Tropical Depression FIVE-E (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-E ADVISORY NUMBER   1...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP052008
200 PM PDT SAT JUL 05 2008

...CORRECTION TO AWIPS BIN NUMBER...

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS SOUTH OF MEXICO...SQUALLY WEATHER
SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE COAST OF MEXICO TONIGHT...

AT 2 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM
ACAPULCO TO ZIHUATANEJO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL
DEPRESSION FIVE-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE
99.2 WEST OR ABOUT 170 MILES...275 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO
MEXICO AND ABOUT 200 MILES...320 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF PUERTO
ANGEL MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. ONLY A
SMALL NORTHWESTWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON SUNDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO APPROACH PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO MAINLY WITHIN THE WARNING AREA
TONIGHT.

REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...14.5 N...99.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
PM PDT. 

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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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