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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVENTEEN-E ADVISORY NUMBER   4

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP172018

300 PM MDT SAT SEP 01 2018



...DEPRESSION GRADUALLY GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED...

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    EXPECT

    XPECTE

    PECTED

    TO

    BECOME

    A

    TROPICAL

    STORM

    TONIGHT

    OR

    EARLY

    SUNDAY...





SUMMARY OF 300 PM MDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...14.9N 111.1W

ABOUT 530 MI...855 KM WSW OF MANZANILLO MEXICO

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.





DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 300 PM MDT (2100 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION

SEVENTEEN-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 111.1

WEST. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH

(19 KM/H). A MOTION TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT A SLOWER SPEED IS

FORECAST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED MONDAY

AND TUESDAY.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH (55 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND THE

DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR EARLY

SUNDAY.



THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB (29.71 INCHES).





HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND