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HURRICANE FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082009
800 PM PDT THU AUG 06 2009

...FELICIA MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...EXPECTED TO WEAKEN...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 133.6 WEST OR ABOUT
1425 MILES...2290 KM...EAST OF HILO HAWAII AND ABOUT 1590 MILES...
2565 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.
A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...WITH A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST FORECAST ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FELICIA IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE SCALE.  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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 948 MB...27.99 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...16.9N 133.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...135 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...948 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN