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Tropical Storm GORDON (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  39
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
1100 AM AST WED SEP 20 2006

...GORDON RACING EASTWARD...EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL LATER 
TODAY...  
 
AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 20.9 WEST OR ABOUT 345
MILES...550 KM...EAST OF THE ISLAND OF TERCEIRA IN THE AZORES AND
ABOUT 625 MILES...1005 KM WEST OF THE COAST OF PORTUGAL.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 33 MPH...54 KM/HR. A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. THIS MOTION
WOULD BRING GORDON AS AN EXTRATROPICAL STORM NEAR THE COASTS OF
PORTUGAL AND SPAIN ON TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST BEFORE GORDON
BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL LATER TODAY. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...37.8 N...20.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 33 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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