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Tropical Storm JIMENA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM JIMENA SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132009
600 AM PDT SAT AUG 29 2009

...JIMENA RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES...ALMOST A HURRICANE...
 
AT 600 AM PDT...1300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JIMENA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.8 WEST OR ABOUT 270
MILES...430 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO AND ABOUT 345 MILES...
555 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
JIMENA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR. THIS
GENERAL MOTION WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS AND JIMENA COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BY LATE SUNDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 600 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.2N 102.8W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE
 
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