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HURRICANE JULIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT SUN SEP 23 2001
 
...JULIETTE COULD BECOME A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HURRICANE FOR  
SOUTHWEST MEXICO...
 
AT 8 AM...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
WATCH FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO FROM LAZARO CARDENAS TO
MANZANILLO.
 
ALL INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN MEXICAN COAST AND SOUTHERN BAJA
CALIFORNIA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF HURRICANE JULIETTE
DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JULIETTE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 102.8 WEST OR ABOUT 320
MILES...520 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MAZANILLO MEXICO.

JULIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH ...15 KM/HR.  A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...150 
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  979 MB...28.91 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...14.8 N...102.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 PM
PDT.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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