ZCZC MIATCPEP3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE LANE ADVISORY NUMBER 11 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132006 200 AM PDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...LANE BECOMES THE FIFTH MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE 2006 SEASON... ...EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO LATER TODAY... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM EL ROBLITO TO ALTATA. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SOUTH OF AGUA BLANCA ON THE WEST COAST AND SOUTH OF BUENA VISTA ON THE EAST COAST. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAS MARIAS. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO NORTH OF ALTATA TO HUATABAMPITO....AND FOR THE EAST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTH OF BUENA VISTA TO LORETO. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM ALTATA TO HUATABAMPITO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO SOUTH OF EL ROBLITO TO CABO CORRIENTES. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LANE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.0 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES... 85 KM...SOUTHWEST OF MAZATLAN MEXICO AND ABOUT 185 MILES...300 KM ...EAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO. LANE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF LANE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO WITHIN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LANE IS NOW A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO LANE MAKING LANDFALL. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 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. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE WEST-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO...AND OVER THE SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA ALONG THE TRACK OF LANE. ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 TO 25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF WEST-CENTRAL MEXICO. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...22.7 N...107.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER RHOME/KNABB NNNN
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