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WTPZ33 KNHC 252036
TCPEP3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE GENEVIEVE ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082008
200 PM PDT FRI JUL 25 2008

...GENEVIEVE CONTINUES MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GENEVIEVE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 116.8 WEST OR ABOUT 615
MILES...990 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.
 
GENEVIEVE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 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.  GENEVIEVE IS EXPECTED TO START WEAKENING TOMORROW AND
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN ON SUNDAY.  
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50
MILES...85 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...16.8 N...116.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE