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HURRICANE CARLOTTA ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT FRI JUN 23 2000
CORRECTION...DISTANCE FROM HURRICANE SHOULD BE TO CABO SAN
LUCAS...NOT CABO SAN LAZARO.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SOUTH OF
CABO SAN LAZARO.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CARLOTTA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 110.0 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES
...450 KM...SOUTH OF CABO SAN LUCAS...BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
CARLOTTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  EVEN THOUGH THE
HURRICANE IS FORECAST TO REMAIN OFFSHORE...ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS
COULD OCCUR ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA AND MARINE
INTERESTS THERE SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CARLOTTA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO  85 MILES...140 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...18.9 N...110.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...110 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 AM
PDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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