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WTPZ33 KNHC 050845
TCPEP3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082009
200 AM PDT WED AUG 05 2009
 
...FELICIA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR
HURRICANE LATER TODAY...

AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 128.2 WEST OR ABOUT
1365 MILES...2200 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR
...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
INCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FELICIA
IS A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. 
SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
FELICIA WILL LIKELY BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE LATER TODAY. 
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY ONCE FELICIA MOVES OVER COLDER
WATER.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85
MILES...140 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970 MB...28.64 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...13.4N 128.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...970 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG