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Hurricane MARTY (Text)

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HURRICANE MARTY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM PDT SAT SEP 20 2003
 
...MARTY NEARLY STATIONARY...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...FROM
BAHIA MAGDALENA SOUTHWARD ON THE WEST COAST AND FROM SAN EVARISTO
SOUTHWARD ON THE EAST COAST. THE HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REPLACED BY
A HURRICANE WARNING EARLY SUNDAY.
 
AT 11 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MARTY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.7 WEST OR ABOUT 300
MILES...475 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
MARTY HAS BEEN MOVING LITTLE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT A MOTION
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO RESUME EARLY SUNDAY. ON
THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE WOULD BE NEAR THE
SOUTHERN TIP OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA BY EARLY MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM PDT POSITION...18.8 N...108.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 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 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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