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Hurricane BORIS (Text)

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HURRICANE BORIS ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022008
200 AM PDT WED JUL 02 2008
 
...BORIS A HURRICANE AGAIN...

AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE BORIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 126.5 WEST OR ABOUT 1185 MILES
...1905 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
BORIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO
WITH A TURN TOWARD THE WEST POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND
BORIS WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH LATER TODAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85
MILES...140 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 988 MB...29.18 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...15.9 N...126.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE
 
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