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Tropical Depression FIVE-E (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-E INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   2A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP052008
1100 PM PDT SAT JUL 05 2008
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION HAS NOT INCREASED IN STRENGTH...RAINBANDS ARE
SPREADING ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 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.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM
PUERTO ANGEL TO MANZANILLO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS
DEPRESSION.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 1100 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
FIVE-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 200 MILES...325 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO AND ABOUT
205 MILES...335 KM...SOUTH OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS GENERALLY MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7
MPH...11 KM/HR.  A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER
OF THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR THE COAST OF MEXICO IN
THE WARNING AREA.  SOME ERRATIC MOTION COULD OCCUR SUNDAY AS THE
DEPRESSION ORGANIZES.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...
AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON SUNDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES...ESPECIALLY OVER
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM PDT POSITION...14.6 N...102.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER LANDSEA/KNABB
 
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