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WTPZ35 KNHC 260849
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
HURRICANE DARBY ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL     EP052010
200 AM PDT SAT JUN 26 2010
 
...MINIATURE DARBY WEAKENS TO A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...13.5N 102.7W
ABOUT 300 MI...480 KM SSW OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 260 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...966 MB...28.53 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 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DARBY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 13.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.7 WEST.  DARBY IS MOVING
TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR.  THE HURRICANE IS FORECAST TO
MOVE SLOWLY WESTWARD TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A NORTHWESTWARD TO
NORTHWARD DRIFT ON SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 110 MPH...175
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  DARBY IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
DARBY IS AN EXTREMELY SMALL HURRICANE.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...65 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG