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HURRICANE CARLOTTA ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT TUE JUN 20 2000

...CARLOTTA A LITTLE STRONGER AND MOVING AWAY FROM SOUTHWEST
MEXICO...
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE MEXICAN COAST FROM ACAPULCO TO
ZIHUATANEJO.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CARLOTTA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.0 WEST OR ABOUT 200
MILES...325 KM...
 
CARLOTTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WHICH MAKES CARLOTTA CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND CARLOTTA COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE
LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS
SCHEDULED TO FLY INTO THE HURRICANE THIS AFTERNOON.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 125 MILES...205 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  974 MB...28.76 INCHES.

A FEW OUTER RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
MEXICO TODAY. THESE RAINS STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LIFE-
THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.

REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...14.8 N...102.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 974 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THIS WILL BE THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER UNLESS CARLOTTA ONCE AGAIN BECOMES A THREAT TO
MEXICO.
 
FORECASTER STEWART/AVILA
 
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