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HURRICANE JULIETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  10A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2001

...DANGEROUS MAJOR HURRICANE JULIETTE MOVING LITTLE... 

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 5 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JULIETTE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.2 WEST OR ABOUT 315
MILES...505 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.

JULIETTE HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...BUT A SLOW
WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY 
A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 
24 HOURS...AND JULIETTE MAY BECOME A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE BY MONDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD 
UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  965 MB...28.50 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 FLOODING AND LIFE THREATENING 
MUDSLIDES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM PDT POSITION...14.8 N...103.3 W.  MOVEMENT
...NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...115 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 8 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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