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WTPZ33 KNHC 061440
TCPEP3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082009
800 AM PDT THU AUG 06 2009
 
...FELICIA MAINTAINING STRENGTH BUT EXPECTED TO WEAKEN LATER
TODAY...

AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 131.9 WEST OR ABOUT
1510 MILES...2430 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA AND ABOUT 1545 MILES...2490 KM...EAST OF HILO HAWAII.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND
A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 140 MPH...220 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  FELICIA IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS FELICIA MOVES OVER COOLER WATERS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...65 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 155
MILES...250 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 937 MB...27.67 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...16.0N 131.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 305 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...937 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE