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HURRICANE ADOLPH INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 10A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 11
11 PM PDT SUN MAY 27 2001

...ADOLPH IS A MAJOR HURRICANE...CATEGORY THREE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO WESTWARD TO LAZARO 
CARDENAS.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM 
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
 A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.

AT 11 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ADOLPH WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.2 WEST OR ABOUT 180
MILES...290 KM...SOUTH OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.

ADOLPH IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...  7 KM/HR...AND 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR FOR THE NEXT 24 
HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...  65 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
115 MILES...185 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.

ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
OFFSHORE...OUTER RAINBANDS STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES IN OR NEAR MOUNTAINOUS
AREAS.

REPEATING THE 11 PM PDT POSITION...14.2N 100.2W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...  960 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS
ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
2 AM PDT...MONDAY.

FORECASTER LAWRENCE

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