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HURRICANE HERNAN ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP092008
800 PM PDT SAT AUG 09 2008

...HERNAN STARTING TO WEAKEN...
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HERNAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 124.9 WEST OR ABOUT
1065 MILES...1715 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
HERNAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR. 
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST AND A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 115 MPH...185
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  HERNAN IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  FURTHER WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 961 MB...28.38 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...16.7 N...124.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...961 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN