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Hurricane LANE (Text)

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HURRICANE LANE ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP122012
800 PM PDT MON SEP 17 2012
 
...LANE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN ON TUESDAY...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...18.4N 127.5W
ABOUT 1180 MI...1895 KM WSW OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB...29.21 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 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LANE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 127.5 WEST. LANE IS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/H...AND A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY A
TURN TOWARD THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LANE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  LANE SHOULD WEAKEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM ON
TUESDAY...AND FURTHER WEAKENING IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.
 
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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 989 MB...29.21 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE
 
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