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Hurricane GORDON (Text)

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HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
500 PM AST SUN SEP 17 2006

...GORDON FINALLY MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...
 
AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 34.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 52.4 WEST OR ABOUT 1430 MILES
...2300 KM...WEST OF THE AZORES.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR
...AND A NORTH-NORTHEAST TO NORTHEAST MOTION WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GORDON REMAINS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH 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 983 MB...29.03 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...34.6 N...52.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...983 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER MAINELLI/AVILA
 
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