Tropical Storm GORDON

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TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
500 AM EDT TUE SEP 12 2006
 
...GORDON CONTINUES NORTHWESTWARD OVER OPEN WATERS...

AT 500 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 58.3 WEST OR ABOUT 445
MILES...715 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...AND
A TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GORDON IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE DURING THE NEXT DAY
OR SO.  
 
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 500 AM EDT POSITION...22.6 N...58.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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