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Tropical Depression EIGHT-E (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT-E ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082008
800 AM PDT MON JUL 21 2008

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS SOUTH OF MEXICO...
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT-E
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.8 WEST OR ABOUT
250 MILES...400 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO AND ABOUT
450 MILES...725 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...23 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY.  ON THIS
TRACK THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF MEXICO.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THIS SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY AND IS
EXPECTED TO SLOWLY STRENGTHEN DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...13.4 N...100.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE
 
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