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Hurricane FELICIA (Text)

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HURRICANE FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  10...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082009
800 PM PDT WED AUG 05 2009

REMOVE EXTRA NEAR IN THE INTENSITY PARAGRAPH...

...FELICIA BECOMES A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 130.5 WEST OR ABOUT
1455 MILES...2340 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.
A GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 140 MPH...
220 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THIS MAKES FELICIA A CATEGORY FOUR
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  FELICIA IS LIKELY
NEAR PEAK INTENSITY...AND WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...65 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140
MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 937 MB...27.67 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.9N 130.5W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...937 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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