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Hurricane GORDON (Text)

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HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
500 PM AST THU SEP 14 2006

...HURRICANE GORDON MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE
ATLANTIC...

AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.9 WEST OR ABOUT 600 MILES...
970 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.

GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH A DECREASE IN
FORWARD MOTION ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GORDON REMAINS A MAJOR 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 500 PM AST POSITION...30.2 N...54.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...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
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER MAINELLI/BEVEN
 
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