Hurricane FELICIA

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HURRICANE FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082009
200 AM PDT SAT AUG 08 2009
 
...FELICIA BEGINNING TO WEAKEN...

INTERESTS IN HAWAII SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FELICIA.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE.  FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA
OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 139.3 WEST OR ABOUT
1030 MILES...1660 KM...EAST OF HILO HAWAII.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR
...BUT A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FELICIA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 974 MB...28.76 INCHES.
  
...SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...19.0N 139.3W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 14 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...974 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/AVILA
 
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