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TROPICAL DEPRESSION DORA ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT TUE JUL 05 2005

...DORA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM
MEXICO...
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION DORA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE
105.3 WEST OR ABOUT 75 MILES... 120 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...WHICH WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THE EFFECTS ON MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 
24 HOURS.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM ZIHUATENEJO TO MANZANILLO...
BRINGING STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. THESE RAINS COULD
PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES THROUGH
TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...18.5 N...105.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 8 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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