ZCZC MIATCPEP3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE LANE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 10A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132006 1100 PM PDT FRI SEP 15 2006 ...HURRICANE LANE CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE ISLAS MARIAS... ...OUTER RAINBANDS AFFECTING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE OF SINALOA... 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 THE ISLAS MARIAS. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SOUTH OF AGUA BLANCA ON THE PACIFIC COAST AND SOUTH OF BUENA VISTA ON THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA COAST. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO SOUTH OF EL ROBLITO TO CABO CORRIENTES. 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. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 1100 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LANE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 106.8 WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES ...110 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MAZATLAN MEXICO AND ABOUT 200 MILES ...320 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO. WHILE THE CENTER OF LANE HAS RECENTLY WOBBLED TO THE NORTH...IT HAS GENERALLY BEEN MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD NEAR 10 MPH...15 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LANE IS FORECAST TO MOVE VERY NEAR OR ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO WITHIN THE WARNING AREA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ANY DEVIATION TO THE RIGHT OF THE FORECAST TRACK WOULD BRING THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE INLAND WITHIN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES LANE A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND LANE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE LATER TODAY. 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 967 MB...28.56 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW NEAR THE PATH OF THE CENTER OF LANE. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE WEST CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO...FROM COLIMA TO PUERTO VALLARTA AND CULIACAN...AND OVER THE SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA. 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 1100 PM PDT POSITION...22.2 N...106.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...967 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER RHOME/KNABB NNNN
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