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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
 
 
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