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HURRICANE JULIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT MON SEP 24 2001

...JULIETTE FINALLY MOVING SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...NOW A 
STRONG 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 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JULIETTE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.6 WEST OR 
ABOUT 300 MILES...485 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
JULIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH 
... 6 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH 
A SLIGHTLY FASTER SPEED THIS TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN TO 
THE NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 145 MPH...230 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  JULIETTE IS A STRONG CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE 
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS 
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND JULIETTE COULD POSSIBLY 
STRENGTHEN TO NEAR CATEGORY 5 INTENSITY LATER TODAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 160 MILES...260 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  936 MB...27.64 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 FLASH FLOODING AND LIFE 
THREATENING MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...14.9 N...103.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...145 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 936 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 5 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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