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WTPZ35 KNHC 142033
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
HURRICANE GUILLERMO ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP102009
200 PM PDT FRI AUG 14 2009

...GUILLERMO BECOMES A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE... 
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUILLERMO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 128.9 WEST OR ABOUT
1275 MILES...2055 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
GUILLERMO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...160
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS.  THEREAFTER...A WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO
COMMENCE ON SATURDAY AS GUILLERMO MOVES OVER COOLER WATERS. 
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 972 MB...28.70 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...17.9N 128.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 15 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...972 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/BEVEN