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Tropical Storm GORDON (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
1100 AM EDT TUE SEP 12 2006

...GORDON MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...NO THREAT TO LAND...
 
AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 58.3 WEST OR ABOUT 490
MILES...790 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...
AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
SO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
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 AM EDT POSITION...23.4 N...58.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-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 PM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER COBB/PASCH
 
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