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HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
1100 AM AST THU SEP 14 2006

...GORDON REMAINS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE SCALE...NO THREAT TO LAND...
 
AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.9 WEST OR ABOUT 560 MILES...
905 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GORDON REMAINS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 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 AM AST POSITION...29.5 N...55.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...955 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER MAINELLI/BEVEN
 
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