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HURRICANE FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082009
200 PM PDT TUE AUG 04 2009

...FELICIA RAPIDLY STRENGTHENS TO A HURRICANE...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 126.6 WEST OR ABOUT
1315 MILES...2115 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR.  THIS
GENERAL MOTION WITH A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED
OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  
 
SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
INCREASED TO NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AND FELICIA COULD BECOME A
MAJOR HURRICANE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.  
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85
MILES...140 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...12.4N 126.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 14 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...985 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE