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| #111914 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:58 PM 19.Sep.2006) TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE GORDON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 36A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072006 800 PM AST TUE SEP 19 2006 ...GORDON NEARING THE CENTRAL AZORES... AT 8 PM AST...0000 UTC...THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF THE AZORES HAS DISCONTINUED THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE WESTERN AZORES ISLANDS OF CORVO AND FLORES. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN AZORES. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 800 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 30.0 WEST OR ABOUT 170 MILES... 275 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLAND OF TERCEIRA AND ABOUT 240 MILES...385 KM...WEST OF THE ISLAND OF SAO MIGUEL IN THE AZORES. GORDON IS RACING EASTWARD NEAR 33 MPH...54 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. ON THIS TRACK...GORDON WILL MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ISLANDS OF THE AZORES TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HOWEVER...STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE LIKELY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. GORDON IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. GORDON SHOULD BECOME A STRONG EXTRATROPICAL STORM ON WEDNESDAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...65 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 979 MB...28.91 INCHES. LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ALONG WITH STORM SURGES OF 1 TO 3 FT ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS IN THE AZORES. GORDON IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE AZORES... WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...37.8 N...30.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NEAR 33 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...979 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER PASCH |
