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HURRICANE FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082009
200 PM PDT THU AUG 06 2009

...FELICIA WEAKENS A LITTLE...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 132.7 WEST OR ABOUT
1550 MILES...2490 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA AND ABOUT 1490 MILES...2395 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.
 
SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
DECREASED TO NEAR 135 MPH...215 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 140
MILES...220 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 948 MB...27.99 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...16.4N 132.7W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...135 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 305 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...948 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE