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Hurricane GUILLERMO (Text)

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HURRICANE GUILLERMO ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP102009
800 AM PDT SAT AUG 15 2009

...POWERFUL GUILLERMO A LITTLE STRONGER...
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUILLERMO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 133.2 WEST OR ABOUT
1525 MILES...2460 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
GUILLERMO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24
KM/HR.  THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH...205 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE THIS
EVENING...WITH FURTHER WEAKENING EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS
GUILLERMO MOVES OVER COOLER WATERS. 
 
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 954 MB...28.17 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.9N 133.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 15 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...954 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/BEVEN
 
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