000 WTNT62 KNHC 081009 TCUAT2 HURRICANE PALOMA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL172008 508 AM EST SAT NOV 08 2008 SHORTLY BEFORE 500 AM EST...DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATED THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN HURRICANE PALOMA HAVE INCREASED TO 135 MPH...215 KM/HR. PALOMA IS NOW AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. DETAILS WILL FOLLOW IN A SPECIAL ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN/BRENNAN