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Hurricane JAVIER (Text)

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HURRICANE JAVIER INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  23A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM PDT THU SEP 16 2004
 
...JAVIER GRADUALLY LOSING STRENGTH OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AS IT
CONTINUES MOVING NORTHWESTWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT 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 5 AM PDT...1200Z...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THE EYE HAS
BECOME MORE DISTINCT OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. THEREFORE...THE
CENTER OF HURRICANE JAVIER IS RELOCATED TO A POSITION NEAR LATITUDE
19.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 110.7 WEST OR ABOUT 205 MILES... 350 KM...
SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
JAVIER IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH ...10
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME 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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM PDT POSITION...19.8 N...110.2 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER ROBERTS/BEVENTCPAT
 
 
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