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Hurricane GORDON (Text)

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HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
1100 PM AST WED SEP 13 2006

...GORDON BECOMES A POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH 120 MPH WINDS...MOVING
OUT TO SEA...
 
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.1 WEST OR ABOUT 555 MILES...
895 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR.
A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY
OR TWO.
 
SATELLITE INTENSITY ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THIS MAKES GORDON IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140
MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 955 MB...28.20 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...27.8 N...57.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...955 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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