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Tropical Depression SEVENTEEN-E (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVENTEEN-E ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP172008
200 PM PDT THU OCT 23 2008

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING NORTHWARD BUT NOT STRENGTHENING YET...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
SEVENTEEN-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.9
WEST OR ABOUT 355 MILES...570 KM...SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY.
  
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER
TODAY OR TONIGHT BEFORE ENCOUNTERING UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS
FRIDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...13.9 N...104.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN/BEVEN
 
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