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Hurricane FAUSTO (Text)

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HURRICANE FAUSTO ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP072008
200 PM PDT FRI JUL 18 2008

...FAUSTO EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN BUT STAY WELL OFFSHORE FROM
MEXICO...

AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FAUSTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.4 WEST OR ABOUT 435 MILES
...700 KM...SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
FAUSTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THIS TRACK...FAUSTO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL
OFFSHORE FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...14.1 N...108.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KNABB
 
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