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WTPZ35 KNHC 250851
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
HURRICANE DARBY ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL     EP052010
200 AM PDT FRI JUN 25 2010
 
...DARBY STRENGTHENS...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...13.4N 100.7W
ABOUT 250 MI...400 KM SSW OF ACAPULCO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH...165 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...967 MB...28.56 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 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE SMALL EYE OF HURRICANE DARBY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.7 WEST. DARBY IS
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST AND WEST-SOUTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND DARBY COULD BECOME
NEARLY STATIONARY BY LATE SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...165
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  DARBY IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE...AND IT COULD STRENGTHEN
TO A MAJOR HURRICANE LATER TODAY.  SOME WEAKENING IS THEN EXPECTED
BY SATURDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70
MILES...110 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 967 MB...28.56 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG