Hurricane GORDON

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HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
500 PM AST TUE SEP 19 2006
 
...TENACIOUS GORDON REFUSES TO WEAKEN...EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
AZORES TONIGHT...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE AZORES ISLANDS. 
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 37.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 31.6 WEST OR ABOUT 250 MILES...
405 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLAND OF TERCEIRA IN THE AZORES.
 
GORDON IS RACING EASTWARD NEAR 33 MPH...54 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ON THIS
TRACK...GORDON WILL BE CROSSING THE AZORES TONIGHT
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN  NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  HOWEVER...STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE
LIKELY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. GORDON IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.  GORDON SHOULD BECOME A STRONG
EXTRATROPICAL STORM ON WEDNESDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...65 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 979 MB...28.91 INCHES.

LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ALONG WITH STORM SURGES OF 1 TO
3 FT ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS IN THE AZORES.
 
GORDON IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OVER THE AZORES... WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...37.9 N...31.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 33 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...979 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 800 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100
PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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