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HURRICANE ELIDA ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP062008
200 PM PDT WED JUL 16 2008
 
...ELIDA REACHES 105 MPH...

AT 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ELIDA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 117.8 WEST OR ABOUT 655 MILES
...1055 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
ELIDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ELIDA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE SCALE. SOME WEAKENING SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105
MILES...165 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970 MB...28.64 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...17.0 N...117.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...970 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA