Tropical Depression THIRTEEN

ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL132007
400 AM CDT THU SEP 27 2007

...DEPRESSION DRIFTING WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE COAST OF
MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST OF
MEXICO FROM PALMA SOLA TO LA CRUZ.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MAY BE
ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THIS AREA LATER TODAY.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 400 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.1 WEST OR ABOUT
205 MILES...330 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO AND ABOUT 150
MILES...240 KM...EAST OF TUXPAN MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH...
5 KM/HR.  A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT 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 COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER
TODAY.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER
IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE MEXICAN STATE OF
VERACRUZ...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 400 AM CDT POSITION...20.8 N...95.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 700 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1000
AM CDT.
 
$$
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
NNNN