THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


TROPICAL SUMMARY MESSAGE



 
PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 37 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION JAVIER
NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 
2 PM PDT SUN SEP 19 2004        

...UPDATED FOR POSITION AND PRESSURE...

...WEAKENING JAVIER CONTINUES TO TRACK TOWARDS NEW MEXICO...

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF
ARIZONA..NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...SOUTHEASTERN
UTAH...AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ARIZONA.

AT 2 PM PDT...21Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION JAVIER WAS LOCATED NEAR
29.2 NORTH LATITUDE AND 111.2 WEST LONGITUDE...OR APPROXIMATELY
300 MILES SOUTH OF PHOENIX ARIZONA AND MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD
AT 27 MPH. THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND WAS AT 30 MPH. THE CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 1004 MB OR 29.65 INCHES OF MERCURY.


SELECTED 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 11 AM PDT.

LOCATION                      24 HOUR TOTAL

ARIZONA...

GRAND CANYON                  3.29
DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB             1.35
PAGE                          1.29
TUCSON                        1.26

NEW MEXICO...

RATON                         1.48
LAS VEGAS                     1.44
FARMINGTON                    0.87
ALBUQUERQUE                   0.51

COLORADO...

DURANGO                       0.67
TENERIFE SUR                  0.65

THE COMBINATION OF JAVIER AND THE UNSEASONABLY STRONG TROUGH WILL
HELP BRING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY IN
ARIZONA...NEW MEXICO...FAR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...AND SOUTHWESTERN
COLORADO.  LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA...WEST-CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO...AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO.

REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT...21Z...POSITION...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
JAVIER WAS NEAR 29.2 NORTH LATITUDE AND 111.2 WEST LONGITUDE...OR
APPROXIMATELY 300 MILES SOUTH OF PHOENIX ARIZONA AND MOVING
NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 27 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS
1004 MB OR 29.65 INCHES. 

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION JAVIER WILL BE ISSUED
BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 8 PM PDT. REFER
TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM.

HALBACH




Last Updated: 508 PM EDT SUN SEP 19 2004