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#376518 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:44 PM 16.Sep.2010) TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE JULIA ADVISORY NUMBER 19 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL122010 500 PM AST THU SEP 16 2010 ...JULIA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT RACES NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE OPEN ATLANTIC... SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...23.1N 41.1W ABOUT 1325 MI...2130 KM SW OF THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 25 MPH...41 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...981 MB...28.97 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JULIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 41.1 WEST. JULIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY... FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. JULIA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND JULIA COULD WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM BY FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 981 MB...28.97 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER BERG |