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TROPICAL DEPRESSION GEORGETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP122010
500 AM PDT WED SEP 22 2010
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GEORGETTE MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE GULF OF
CALIFORNIA...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 AM PDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...26.1N 110.8W
ABOUT 35 MI...55 KM E OF LORETO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB...29.53 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
NONE.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO FROM HUATABAMPITO NORTHWARD TO BAHIA
KINO
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 AM PDT...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
GEORGETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE
110.8 WEST. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR
12 MPH...19 KM/HR.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF
GEORGETTE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA AND MAKE
LANDFALL IN THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH AREA LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED BEFORE LANDFALL.
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER LANDFALL...AND GEORGETTE IS EXPECTED TO
DISSIPATE BY FRIDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN GUSTS WITHIN
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH AREA TODAY.
 
RAINFALL...GEORGETTE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH-CENTRAL
BAJA PENINSULA AND WESTERN SONORA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY PRODUCE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. MOISTURE FROM
GEORGETTE IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN
UNITED STATES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA/BERG
 
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