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WTPZ31 KNHC 091432
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BULLETIN
HURRICANE ADRIAN ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP012011
800 AM PDT THU JUN 09 2011
 
...ADRIAN BECOMES A MAJOR HURRICANE WITH 115 MPH WINDS WELL OFF THE
PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...14.2N 104.1W
ABOUT 440 MI...710 KM SSE OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB...28.35 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
NONE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE EYE OF MAJOR HURRICANE ADRIAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.1 WEST. ADRIAN IS
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/H...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT TWO
DAYS...KEEPING THE HURRICANE AWAY FROM THE COAST OF MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 115 MPH...185
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADRIAN IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  SOME ADDITIONAL
STRENGTHENING COULD OCCUR TODAY OR FRIDAY...BUT A GRADUAL WEAKENING
SHOULD BEGIN THEREAFTER. 
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80
MILES...130 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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SURF...SWELLS GENERATED BY ADRIAN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT A PORTION
OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO TODAY THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY
THIS WEEKEND. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND
RIP CURRENTS.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA