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WTPZ31 KNHC 182031
TCPEP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP012009
200 PM PDT THU JUN 18 2009

...DEPRESSION NEARING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS 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 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.2 WEST OR ABOUT
360 MILES...575 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MAZATLAN MEXICO AND ABOUT
260 MILES...420 KM...WEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE CYCLONE WILL BE
APPROACHING THE COAST OF MEXICO WITHIN THE WATCH AREA LATE FRIDAY
OR EARLY SATURDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST IN THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BEFORE
REACHING THE COAST. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.3N 108.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT 7 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN/BERG