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Tropical Depression AGATHA (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION AGATHA ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL     EP012010
800 PM PDT SAT MAY 29 2010
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION AGATHA MOVING FARTHER INLAND...TORRENTIAL
RAINS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...
 
SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...14.9N 92.0W
ABOUT 25 MI...45 KM...ENE OF TAPACHULA MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...7 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB...29.62 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300 UTC...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN
DISCONTINUED.
 
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE UNITED
STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION AGATHA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.0 WEST. THE
DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...7
KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK...THE DEPRESSION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FARTHER
INLAND OVER CENTRAL AMERICA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...55
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS ANTICIPATED AS
AGATHA MOVES OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...A FEW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE PRIMARILY OVER WATER TONIGHT. 
 
RAINFALL...THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
MEXICO...GUATEMALA...AND MUCH OF EL SALVADOR...WITH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 30 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE RAINS
COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 
 
STORM SURGE...THE LARGE WAVES OCCURRING TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE
CENTER IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DECREASE.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA/CANGIALOSI
 
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