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Tropical Depression EIGHT-E (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT-E ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP082011
200 PM PDT WED AUG 31 2011
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION WEAKENING RAPIDLY OVER HIGH TERRAIN OVER
SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...18.5N 102.9W
ABOUT 55 MI...95 KM NW OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH...45 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH
FROM ZIHUATANEJO TO PUNTA SAN TELMO MEXICO
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
NONE.
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT-E
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.9 WEST. THE
DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11
KM/H.  A SLOW NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD TO NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS
EXPECTED PRIOR TO DISSIPATION.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND THE DEPRESSION IS
FORECAST TO DISSIPATE BY THURSDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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RAINFALL...THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12
INCHES OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE MEXICAN STATES OF
GUERRERO...MICHOACAN...AND COLIMA. THESE RAINS MAY PRODUCE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP
TERRAIN.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN
 
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