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HURRICANE JULIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT MON SEP 24 2001
 
...HURRICANE JULIETTE CONTINUES MOVING SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...
 
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 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JULIETTE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 15.2 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 103.9 WEST OR ABOUT 265
MILES...430 KM...SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.

JULIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH
... 6 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH 
A SLIGHTLY FASTER SPEED LATER TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN
TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 145 MPH...230 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  936 MB...27.64 INCHES.

BANDS OF HEAVY SQUALLS ARE 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 8 AM PDT POSITION...15.2 N...103.9 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 11 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 PM
PDT.

FORECASTER JARVINEN/MAINELLI
 
 
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