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Hurricane GUILLERMO (Text)

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HURRICANE GUILLERMO ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP102009
200 PM PDT SUN AUG 16 2009

...A WEAKER GUILLERMO ABOUT TO CROSS INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUILLERMO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 139.8 WEST OR ABOUT 995
MILES...1600 KM...EAST OF HILO HAWAII.
 
GUILLERMO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  STEADY
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND GUILLERMO IS
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM BY TOMORROW.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES...185 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.4N 139.8W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 14 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB
 
THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY ON THIS SYSTEM ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER.  FUTURE PUBLIC ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPCP4 AND WMO
HEADER WTPA34 PHFO...BEGINNING AT 500 PM HST.

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FORECASTER BLAKE
 
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