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Hurricane HILARY (Text)

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HURRICANE HILARY ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2005

...HILARY STILL PRODUCING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS NEAR THE
PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF
MEXICO FROM PUNTA SAN TELMO NORTHWESTWARD TO CABO CORRIENTES.  THIS
WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HILARY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 109.1 WEST OR ABOUT 325
MILES... 525 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
HILARY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH... 30KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. HILARY IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING 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 275 MILES... 445 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  970 MB...28.64 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...17.7 N...109.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 MB.
 
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 KNABB
 
 
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