ZCZC MIATCPEP3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOWELL ADVISORY NUMBER 16 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132008 200 PM PDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...RAINBANDS OF LOWELL MOVING OVER SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA FROM BAHIA MAGDALENA SOUTHWARD TO CABO SAN LUCAS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF LOWELL. 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 TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOWELL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.9 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES...205 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA AND ABOUT 140 MILES...225 KM...SOUTH OF CABO SAN LAZARO MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF LOWELL IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY...THEN TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA THURSDAY...AND MOVE INTO MAINLAND MEXICO THURSDAY NIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST PRIOR TO LOWELL REACHING THE BAJA PENINSULA. WEAKENING IS FORECAST ONCE LOWELL MOVES ACROSS THE BAJA PENINSULA. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. LOWELL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE STATES OF SINALOA AND SONORA IN MAINLAND MEXICO. REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...22.8 N...111.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 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. $$ FORECASTER RHOME NNNN
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