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| #111945 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:46 PM 19.Sep.2006) TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER 37 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072006 1100 PM AST TUE SEP 19 2006 ...GORDON MOVING NEAR THE CENTRAL AZORES... 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 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 28.1 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES... 150 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLAND OF TERCEIRA IN THE AZORES AND ABOUT 130 MILES...210 KM...WEST OF THE ISLAND OF SAO MIGUEL IN THE AZORES. GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 33 MPH...54 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER THE EASTERN ISLANDS OF THE AZORES IN A FEW HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 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 HURRICANE SCALE. IT IS EXPECTED TO 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 980 MB...28.94 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 1100 PM AST POSITION...37.7 N...28.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NEAR 33 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER PASCH |
