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Hurricane HILARY (Text)

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HURRICANE HILARY SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
330 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2005
 
...HILARY PRODUCES TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IN OUTER BANDS ALONG
THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO... TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED...

AT 330 PM PDT... 2230 UTC... THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM PUNTA
SAN TELMO NORTHWESTWARD TO CABO CORRIENTES.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 330 PM PDT...2230Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HILARY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 108.2 WEST OR ABOUT 295
MILES... 475 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.

HILARY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH
...24 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. HILARY IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 275 MILES...445 KM.  MANZANILLO MEXICO RECENTLY REPORTED
SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 40 MPH.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  979 MB...28.91 INCHES.

RAINBANDS PRODUCING OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
REPEATING THE 430 PM PDT POSITION...16.9 N...108.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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