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WTPZ63 KNHC 291218
TCUEP3
TROPICAL STORM JIMENA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132009
518 AM PDT SAT AUG 29 2009


...JIMENA INTENSIFIES RAPIDLY...NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH...
RECENTLY RECEIVED GEOSTATIONARY AND MICROWAVE SATELLITE IMAGERY 
INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM JIMENA HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED THIS
MORNING...AND MAY BE DEVELOPING AN EYE. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR. 

DETAILS WILL FOLLOW IN A SPECIAL ADVISORY THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY 600
AM PDT...1300 UTC.

FORECASTER BLAKE/BRENNAN