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Hurricane GORDON (Text)

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HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
500 PM AST FRI SEP 15 2006

...HURRICANE GORDON NEARLY STATIONARY...
 
AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 53.5 WEST OR ABOUT 670 MILES...
1075 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GORDON IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND A VERY SLOW NORTHWARD OR NORTH-
NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GORDON IS NOW A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105
MILES...165 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 976 MB...28.82 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...31.1 N...53.5 W.  MOVEMENT...
STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...976 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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