Tropical Depression FOUR-E

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR-E ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT MON JUL 04 2005

...DEPRESSION CENTER RELOCATED A LITTLE TO THE EAST...HEAVY RAINS
CONTINUE ALONG COAST OF MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO WESTWARD TO
ZIHUATANEJO.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM WEST OF ZIHUATANEJO WESTWARD TO
PUNTA SEL TELMO.
 
WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE MEXICAN COAST WEST OF
PUNTA SEL TELMO 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 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
FOUR-E WAS RELOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 99.4 WEST OR ABOUT   75 MILES... 125 KM...
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH
...11 KM/HR.  A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER VERY NEAR OR
ON THE MEXICAN COAST IN THE WARNING AREA LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND THE
DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO TO ZIHUATANEJO WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAINOUS
TERRAIN.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...15.9 N...99.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY
AT 2 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER ROBERTS/PASCH
 
 
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