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Hurricane CARLOS (Text)

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HURRICANE CARLOS ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP042009
200 AM PDT SUN JUL 12 2009
 
...CARLOS MOVING WESTWARD OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE EASTERN NORTH
PACIFIC...

AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CARLOS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 120.0 WEST OR ABOUT
1085 MILES...1745 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
CARLOS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND A
MOTION JUST NORTH OF DUE WEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND CARLOS COULD 
BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85
MILES...140 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
  
...SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...10.5N 120.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 13 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/PASCH
 
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