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Hurricane GORDON (Text)

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HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  26
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
500 AM AST SUN SEP 17 2006

...GORDON MOVING NORTH OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 32.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 53.3 WEST OR ABOUT 670 MILES...
1080 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLOW WEAKENING IS 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 115
MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...32.6 N...53.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN/KNABB
 
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