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TROPICAL DEPRESSION IRIS ADVISORY NUMBER 20 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 10 AM CDT TUE OCT 09 2001 ...IRIS WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER EASTERN MEXICO... AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION IRIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.8 WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES...75 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TUXTLA GUTIERREZ MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF IRIS NEAR THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO LATER TODAY. THIS WILL BE THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ON IRIS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER UNLESS REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS OVER THE PACIFIC. IF SUCH REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS...THE SYSTEM WILL RETAIN THE NAME IRIS. FORECASTER BEVEN TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN-E DISCUSSION NUMBER 1 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 2 PM PDT WED OCT 10 2001 THE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER SOUTH OF ACAPULCO HAS DEVELOPED A CIRCULATION AND ORGANIZED CONVECTION... AFTER EXTENSIVE POST-ANALYSIS...AND NO SMALL AMOUNT OF DEBATE...IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS SYSTEM WAS NOT THE CONTINUATION OF ATLANTIC HURRICANE IRIS. SATELLITE PICTURES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS FROM YESTERDAY SUGGEST THAT THIS CENTER...WHILE PART OF THE OVERALL WEATHER SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH IRIS...WAS FORMING OVER THE PACIFIC BEFORE THE CENTER OF IRIS LOST ITS IDENTITY OVER EASTERN MEXICO. THUS...THE SYSTEM IS CALLED TD FIFTEEN-E INSTEAD OF TD IRIS. FORECASTER BEVEN NNNN |