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HURRICANE JIMENA ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132009
200 AM PDT SUN AUG 30 2009

...JIMENA BECOMES A CATEGORY THREE 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 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JIMENA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 105.7 WEST OR ABOUT 305
MILES...490 KM...SOUTH OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO AND ABOUT 550 MILES
...885 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 HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 115 MPH...185
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  JIMENA IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...AND JIMENA COULD BECOME A CATEGORY
FOUR HURRICANE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
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 965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
  
...SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...16.0N 105.7W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 305 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...965 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN