ZCZC MIATCPEP5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM CCA BULLETIN HURRICANE RICK ADVISORY NUMBER 14...CORRECTED NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP202009 200 PM PDT SUN OCT 18 2009 CORRECTED MONDAY TO TUESDAY IN FOURTH PARAGRAPH ...RICK WEAKENS SLIGHTLY BUT IS STILL A DANGEROUS HURRICANE... INTERESTS IN SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE. A HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA TONIGHT OR MONDAY. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE EYE OF HURRICANE RICK WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.4 WEST OR ABOUT 450 MILES ...725 KM...SOUTH OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO. RICK IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND THEN TOWARD THE NORTH WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 160 MPH...260 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RICK REMAINS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WHILE GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...RICK IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A DANGEROUS HURRICANE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 921 MB...27.20 INCHES. LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY RICK WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS... CAUSING POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. ...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...16.4N 109.4W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...160 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 295 DEGREES AT 14 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...921 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BRENNAN NNNN
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