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Hurricane JAVIER (Text)

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HURRICANE JAVIER ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT WED SEP 15 2004

...JAVIER WEAKENING OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AS IT CONTINUES
   TO MOVE NORTHWESTWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
FROM BAHIA MAGDALENA...INCLUDING SAN CARLOS...TO LA PAZ. A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH MEANS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JAVIER WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.5 WEST OR ABOUT  255
MILES... 415 KM...SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
JAVIER IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH
...11 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH...205 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  950 MB...28.05 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...19.2 N...109.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...125 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 950 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 11 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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