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Tropical Storm GORDON (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM GORDON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  38A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006
800 AM AST WED SEP 20 2006
 
...GORDON WEAKENING AS IT RAPIDLY MOVES AWAY FROM THE AZORES...
 
AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE EASTERN AZORES
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 800 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 22.8 WEST OR ABOUT 130
MILES..205 KM...EAST OF THE ISLAND OF SAO MIGUEL IN THE EASTERN
AZORES.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 35 MPH...56 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE
EAST-NORTHEAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
GORDON IS WEAKENING AND THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED
TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  GORDON IS EXPECTED
TO BECOME A STRONG EXTRATROPICAL STORM  LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM.  

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM AST POSITION...37.8 N...22.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 35 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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