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

...JULIETTE STILL A POTENTIAL THREAT FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM CABO SAN LAZARO TO LOS BURROS.
 
AT 11 AM PDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JULIETTE WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 18.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.8 WEST OR ABOUT 275 
MILES...445 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 HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 125 MPH...200 
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE 
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT...CURRENTLY IN THE HURRICANE...WILL GIVE A MORE PRECISE
MEASUREMENT OF THE STRENGTH OF JULIETTE.

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.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE 
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 940 MB...27.70 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 SOON.

DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ALONG WITH LARGE BATTERING WAVES WILL 
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO...AND
THESE CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ONTO THE COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA 
SHORTLY. 
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM PDT POSITION...18.8 N...109.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...125 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 940 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 2 PM PDT.

FORECASTER AVILA/MAINELLI
 
 
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