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HURRICANE HERNAN ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP092008
200 PM PDT FRI AUG 08 2008

...HERNAN SLOWLY STRENGTHENING...
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HERNAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 120.9 WEST OR ABOUT 910
MILES...1465 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
HERNAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.  A GENERAL
WEST TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL WEAKENING THEREAFTER.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105
MILES...165 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...14.8 N...120.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/BROWN