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WTPZ32 KNHC 231610
TCPEP2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVENTEEN-E SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP172008
915 AM PDT THU OCT 23 2008

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS SOUTHWEST OF MEXICO...
 
AT 915 AM PDT...1615Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
SEVENTEEN-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.9
WEST OR ABOUT 410 MILES...660 KM...SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 6 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER
TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 915 AM PDT POSITION...13.1 N...104.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN/BEVEN