BULLETIN<br>
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO ADVISORY NUMBER  36<br>
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL052012<br>
400 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012<br>
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...ERNESTO CONTINUING TO WEAKEN OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO...HEAVY<br>
RAIN THREAT CONTINUES...<br>
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SUMMARY OF 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION<br>
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LOCATION...18.0N 97.8W<br>
ABOUT 100 MI...160 KM NW OF OAXACA MEXICO<br>
ABOUT 135 MI...215 KM SW OF VERACRUZ MEXICO<br>
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H<br>
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 265 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H<br>
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES<br>
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WATCHES AND WARNINGS<br>
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.<br>
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DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK<br>
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AT 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO<br>
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.8 WEST.  THE<br>
DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/H...AND<br>
THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL THE SYSTEM DISSIPATES<br>
LATER TODAY.<br>
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MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER<br>
GUSTS.  ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE LATER TODAY AS THE CYCLONE<br>
CONTINUES ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN MEXICO.<br>
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ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.<br>
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HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND<br>
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WIND...WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL-STORM FORCE WILL CONTINUE IN A SMALL<br>
AREA NEAR CENTER OF ERNESTO THIS MORNING.<br>
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RAINFALL...ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL<br>
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OVER THE MEXICAN STATES OF<br>
VERACRUZ...TABASCO...PUEBLA...OAXACA...AND GUERRERO THROUGH FRIDAY<br>
NIGHT.  ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES ARE<br>
POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ERNESTO. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY<br>
PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.<br>
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NEXT ADVISORY<br>
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1000 AM CDT.<br>
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