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HURRICANE JULIETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  17A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM PDT TUE SEP 25 2001

...POWERFUL HURRICANE JULIETTE MOVING WEST-NORTWESTWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT
FROM LAZARO CARDENAS TO CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO.  THE WATCHES AND 
WARNINGS FOR MAINLAND MEXICO MAY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.
 
ALL INTERESTS IN SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF HURRICANE JULIETTE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JULIETTE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 106.3 WEST OR ABOUT 
295 MILES...475 KM...SOUTH OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO.
 
JULIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13
KM/HR...  AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  JULIETTE IS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON
HURRICANE SCALE.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE 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 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  949 MB...28.02 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COASTAL AREA 
OF MEXICO MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES...ESPECIALLY 
OVER MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.

DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ALONG WITH LARGE BATTERING WAVES WILL 
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO IN 
AND AROUND THE WARNING AREA. 
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM PDT POSITION...16.2N...106.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...135 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 949 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 AM PDT.

FORECASTER PASCH/MAINELLI
 
 
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