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Tropical Storm GORDON (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  40
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
500 PM AST WED SEP 20 2006
 
...GORDON FINALLY BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL...THIS THE LAST ADVISORY..

AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 16.6 WEST OR ABOUT 380
MILES...625 KM...WEST OF LISBON PORTUGAL.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 35 MPH...56 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST SHOULD BEGIN TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GORDON IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ABSORBED BY A COLD FRONT DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...39.2 N...16.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE
FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY METEOFRANCE UNDER WMO HEADER
FQNT50 LFPW.

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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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