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Hurricane SERGIO (Text)

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HURRICANE SERGIO ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP212006
100 PM PST THU NOV 16 2006

...RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH SERGIO AFFECTING THE COAST OF MEXICO...
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF SERGIO.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 100 PM PST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SERGIO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 13.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.8 WEST OR ABOUT 385 MILES
...620 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
SERGIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SERGIO IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES.
 
SATELLITE IMAGES AND RADAR FROM MEXICO INDICATE THAT RAINBANDS
ASSOCIATED WITH SERGIO ARE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE COAST OF
MEXICO FROM PUERTO ANGEL TO MANZANILLO. THESE RAINS SHOULD CONTINUE
TO INCREASE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. 
 
REPEATING THE 100 PM PST POSITION...13.6 N...102.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...982 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
700 PM PST.
 
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FORECASTER MAINELLI
 
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