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HURRICANE LANE ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP122012
800 AM PDT MON SEP 17 2012
 
...LANE CONTINUES NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.7N 126.5W
ABOUT 1160 MI...1865 KM WSW OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...993 MB...29.32 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LANE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 126.5 WEST.  LANE IS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/H.  THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LANE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  SOME ADDITIONAL SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A WEAKENING TREND BEGINNING ON TUESDAY.
 
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80
MILES...130 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH
 
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