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HURRICANE GENEVIEVE ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082008
800 AM PDT FRI JUL 25 2008

...GENEVIEVE BECOMES THE FOURTH HURRICANE OF THE 2008 SEASON...
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GENEVIEVE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 115.7 WEST OR ABOUT 585
MILES...945 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.
 
GENEVIEVE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR
...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS AND GENEVIEVE COULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN LATE ON SATURDAY.  
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70
MILES...110 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...16.4 N...115.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE