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Hurricane JAVIER (Text)

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HURRICANE JAVIER INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  24A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM PDT THU SEP 16 2004
 
...HURRICANE JAVIER WEAKENING AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWESTWARD
OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA FROM BAHIA MAGDALENA...INCLUDING SAN CARLOS...TO LA PAZ.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
 
AT 11 AM PDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JAVIER WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 110.9 WEST OR ABOUT 225
MILES... 360 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
JAVIER IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH... 11 KM/HR...AND
A GRADUAL INCREASE IN SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST 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 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM PDT POSITION...19.8 N...110.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...115 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 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 ROBERTS/BEVEN
 
 
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