ZCZC MIATCPEP1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE JULIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER 20 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 PM PDT TUE SEP 25 2001 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS JULIETTE REMAINS LARGE AND STRONG...NEW WATCHES AND WARNINGS ISSUED... AT 8 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM LAZARO CARDENAS TO CABO CORRIENTES. THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ALSO ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CABO SAN LAZARO TO LOS BURROS. AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JULIETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.2 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES...450 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 430 MILES...690 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO. JULIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH ...15 KM/HR...AND A TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 145 MPH...230 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES JULIETTE A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES...415 KM. A SHIP NEAR MANZANILLO MEXICO REPORTED 46 MPH WINDS EARLIER THIS EVENING...AND MANZANILLO REPORTED A SQUALL WITH 35 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS AND GUSTS TO 46 MPH. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 923 MB...27.26 INCHES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COASTAL AREA OF MEXICO MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS. RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH JULIETTE WILL LIKELY SPREAD OVER THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA ON WEDNESDAY. DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ALONG WITH LARGE BATTERING WAVES SHOULD CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO TODAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY SPREAD ONTO THE COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY. REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...17.1 N...108.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...145 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 923 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...WEDNESDAY. FORECASTER BEVEN NNNN