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HURRICANE GUILLERMO ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP102009
200 AM PDT FRI AUG 14 2009

...GUILLERMO NOW A HURRICANE...

AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUILLERMO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 125.9 WEST OR ABOUT
1100 MILES...1770 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
GUILLERMO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY...BUT
GUILLERMO IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN ON SATURDAY AS IT MOVES OVER COOLER
WATERS. 
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105
MILES...165 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...17.6N 125.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 15 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN