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Tropical Storm GORDON (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
1100 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2006
 
...GORDON A LITTLE STRONGER...POSES NO THREAT TO LAND...

AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.9 WEST OR ABOUT 430
MILES...690 KM...NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
GORDON 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 INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS AND GORDON COULD BECOME A HURRICANE IN A DAY OR TWO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM EDT POSITION...22.1 N...57.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA/AGUIRRE
 
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