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HURRICANE JULIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2001

...JULIETTE DRIFTING SLOWLY WESTWARD...NOW A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT
FROM LAZARO CARDENAS TO CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO.
 
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 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF MAJOR HURRICANE JULIETTE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.5 WEST OR ABOUT 
315 MILES...505 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
JULIETTE IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  3 MPH... 6 KM/HR...BUT A 
SLIGHTLY FASTER WESTWARD OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO 
RESUME LATER TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST 
ON MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS...JULIETTE HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED 
INTO A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  
SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS...AND JULIETTE COULD POSSIBLY REACH CATEGORY 5 STRENGTH ON 
MONDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 150 MILES...240 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  949 MB...28.02 INCHES.
 
BANDS OF HEAVY SQUALLS ARE ALREADY AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE 
SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... ESPECIALLY 
OVER MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...MAY RESULT IN FLOODING AND LIFE THREATENING 
MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...14.9 N...103.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...135 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 949 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 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 AM PDT...MONDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
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