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HURRICANE JULIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT WED SEP 26 2001

...JULIETTE STILL A POTENTIAL THREAT FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA...
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM CABO SAN LAZARO TO LOS BURROS HAS
BEEN UPGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE
SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM LAZARO CARDENAS TO CABO CORRIENTES
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JULIETTE WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.3 WEST OR ABOUT 295 
MILES...475 KM...SOUTH OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.
 
JULIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH ...15 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  JULIETTE REMAINS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE
TODAY.

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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  940 MB...27.76 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
BEGIN TO SPREAD OVER THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA LATER 
TODAY.

DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ALONG WITH LARGE BATTERING WAVES WILL 
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO...AND
THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY SPREAD ONTO THE COAST OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA LATER TODAY. 
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...18.6 N...109.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...135 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 940 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 AVILA/MAINELLI
 
 
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