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Hurricane ELIDA (Text)

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HURRICANE ELIDA ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP062008
800 PM PDT WED JUL 16 2008
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ELIDA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 119.0 WEST OR ABOUT 705 MILES
...1135 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
ELIDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR.  A
TURN TO THE WEST IS EXPECTED IN ABOUT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ELIDA IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEAKENING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE
TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85
MILES...140 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970 MB...28.64 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...17.3 N...119.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...970 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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