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| #112045 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:37 AM 20.Sep.2006) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER 39 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072006 1100 AM AST WED SEP 20 2006 ...GORDON RACING EASTWARD...EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL LATER TODAY... AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 20.9 WEST OR ABOUT 345 MILES...550 KM...EAST OF THE ISLAND OF TERCEIRA IN THE AZORES AND ABOUT 625 MILES...1005 KM WEST OF THE COAST OF PORTUGAL. GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 33 MPH...54 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. THIS MOTION WOULD BRING GORDON AS AN EXTRATROPICAL STORM NEAR THE COASTS OF PORTUGAL AND SPAIN ON TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST BEFORE GORDON BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES. REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...37.8 N...20.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NEAR 33 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER AVILA |
