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Hurricane JOVA (Text)

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HURRICANE JOVA ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP102011
200 AM PDT SUN OCT 09 2011
 
...JOVA STRENGTHENS...INTERESTS IN SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO SHOULD
MONITOR ITS PROGRESS...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.0N 109.2W
ABOUT 385 MI...615 KM WSW OF MANZANILLO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 90 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB...28.94 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JOVA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.2 WEST. JOVA IS MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  A TURN TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS
EXPECTED BY MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...140
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  JOVA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND JOVA COULD BECOME A MAJOR
HURRICANE BY MONDAY NIGHT. 

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85
MILES...140 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
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