000
WTPZ35 KNHC 252044
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
HURRICANE DARBY ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL     EP052010
200 PM PDT FRI JUN 25 2010
 
...DARBY INTENSIFIES A LITTLE MORE...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...13.6N 101.5W
ABOUT 250 MI...405 KM SSW OF ACAPULCO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...195 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB...28.35 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE EYE OF HURRICANE DARBY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 13.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 101.5 WEST. DARBY IS MOVING
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  A TURN TOWARD THE WEST AND
WEST-SOUTHWEST IS FORECAST TOMORROW ALONG WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 120 MPH...195
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  DARBY IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  SOME SLOW WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY TOMORROW.  
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60
MILES...95 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE