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WTPZ31 KNHC 181730
TCPEP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   1A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP012009
1100 AM PDT THU JUN 18 2009
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF
MAINLAND MEXICO FROM TOPOLOBAMPO SOUTHWARD TO EL ROBLITO AND FOR
LAS ISLAS MARIAS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36
HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 1100 AM PDT...1800 UTC...VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED THAT
THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E WAS LOCATED FARTHER
SOUTHEAST THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT...NEAR LATITUDE 17.7
NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.4 WEST OR ABOUT 400 MILES...645 KM...
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MAZATLAN MEXICO AND ABOUT 265 MILES...430
KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.  
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH...14 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 24
TO 36 HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST LATE
FRIDAY.  ON THIS TRACK...THE SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING THE PACIFIC
COAST OF MEXICO BY FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36
HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BEFORE
REACHING THE COAST.
  
...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...17.7N 108.4W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH OR 350 DEGREES AT 9 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN/BERG