ZCZC MIATCPEP3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOWELL ADVISORY NUMBER 17 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132008 800 PM PDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...HEAVY RAINS THE MAIN THREAT WITH LOWELL... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS 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 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOWELL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.3 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES...145 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA AND ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...SOUTHWEST OF LA PAZ MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF LOWELL IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA OVERNIGHT...THEN TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA ON THURSDAY...AND MOVE INTO MAINLAND MEXICO THURSDAY NIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS LOWELL INTERACTS BAJA CALIFORNIA. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS IS 1000 MB...29.53 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...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...23.1 N...111.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE/KNABB NNNN
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