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WTPZ34 KNHC 020831
TCPEP4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR-E ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP042008
200 AM PDT WED JUL 02 2008

...DEPRESSION NEARING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...

INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO FROM LAZARO CARDENAS
TO PUERTO VALLARTA 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 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR-E WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.4 WEST OR ABOUT 265
MILES...425 KM...SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 465 MILES
...750 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE
NEXT DAY OR TWO WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION WILL LIKELY BECOME A TROPICAL STORM
LATER TODAY. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

RAINBANDS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...16.6 N...107.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH