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Hurricane FAUSTO (Text)

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HURRICANE FAUSTO ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP072008
800 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2008
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FAUSTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 114.4 WEST OR ABOUT 375 MILES
...600 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.
 
FAUSTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FAUSTO IS EXECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM IN THE NEXT
48 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...65 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 977 MB...28.85 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...19.5 N...114.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...977 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER SISKO/FRANKLIN
 
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