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WTPZ31 KNHC 090233
TCPEP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN-E ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP162008
800 PM PDT WED OCT 08 2008

...DEPRESSION MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
STRENGTH...
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
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 SIXTEEN-E
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.8 WEST OR ABOUT
205 MILES...325 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SAN SALVADOR EL SALVADOR AND
ABOUT 395 MILES...640 KM...SOUTHEAST OF PUERTO ANGEL MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...
19 KM/HR.  A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION WITH A GRADUAL
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.  OF THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION SHOULD
MOVE PARALLEL TO...BUT OFFSHORE OF...THE PACIFIC COASTS OF CENTRAL
AMERICA AND MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND THE
DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TONIGHT OR ON
THURSDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
8 INCHES OVER MUCH OF EL SALVADOR...SOUTHERN GUATEMALA AND A SMALL
PART OF NORTHWEST NICARAGUA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15
INCHES OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.  THESE RAINS COULD RESULT IN
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...12.2 N...91.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN