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HURRICANE NORBERT ADVISORY NUMBER  25
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152008
800 PM PDT THU OCT 09 2008
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA FROM PUERTO
SAN ANDRESITO SOUTHWARD AND FOR THE EAST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
FROM LARETO SOUTHWARD INCLUDING CABO SAN LUCAS. A HURRICANE WATCH
MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS IN MAINLAND NORTHWESTERN MEXICO AND ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHERN
BAJA CALIFORNIA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF NORBERT.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NORBERT WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 113.2 WEST OR ABOUT 350 MILES
...560 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR.
A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND NORTH-NORTHEAST IS FORECAST ON FRIDAY
WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. A FASTER MOTION TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF
NORBERT WILL BE NEARING THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA
EARLY SATURDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NORBERT IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  SOME SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS BUT NORBERT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE UP TO LANDFALL.  
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140
MILES...220 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...18.9 N...113.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...973 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200
AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE/BEVEN