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HURRICANE JIMENA ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132009
800 PM PDT SAT AUG 29 2009

...JIMENA NOW MOVING NORTHWESTWARD...EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR
HURRICANE...
 
INTERESTS IN WESTERN MEXICO AND THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF JIMENA.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JIMENA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 105.1 WEST OR ABOUT 225
MILES...365 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 580
MILES...935 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
JIMENA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.  THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE WITH SOME DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF JIMENA WILL MOVE PARALLEL TO...BUT OFFSHORE
OF...THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  JIMENA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48
HOURS...AND JIMENA COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE ON SUNDAY.  
 
AT THIS TIME...JIMENA IS A SMALL HURRICANE.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970 MB...28.64 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...15.8N 105.1W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 305 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...970 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN