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Hurricane GORDON (Text)

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HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
500 AM AST SAT SEP 16 2006

...GORDON MEANDERING OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 53.7 WEST OR ABOUT 655 MILES...
1055 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GORDON HAS BEEN DRIFTING ERRATICALLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS
...AND IS NOW NEARLY STATIONARY.  A SLOW NORTHWARD MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105
MILES...165 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...31.3 N...53.7 W.  MOVEMENT...
STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN/KNABB
 
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