Hurricane ANDRES

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HURRICANE ANDRES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022009
500 PM PDT TUE JUN 23 2009
 
...CENTER OF ANDRES PASSING WEST OF MANZANILLO...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF
MEXICO FROM PUNTO SAN TELMO TO CABO CORRIENTES. 
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF MEXICO AND THE
SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ANDRES.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 500 PM PDT...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ANDRES WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 105.6 WEST OR ABOUT
70 MILES...110 KM...WEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 95 MILES...
155 KM...SOUTH OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO.
 
ANDRES IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR.  THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO...FOLLOWED
BY A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...ANDRES WILL CONTINUE
PASSING VERY CLOSE TO...OR OVER...THE COAST OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO
TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 75 MPH...
120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ANDRES IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
DAY OR TWO.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
70 MILES...110 KM. MANZANILLO MEXICO RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST
OF 46 MPH...76 KM/HR.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 988 MB...29.18 INCHES.
 
ANDRES IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF WEST-CENTRAL MEXICO...WITH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVEL...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...19.0N 105.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 13 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/BEVEN 

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