Hurricane HILARY

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HURRICANE HILARY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  11A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
500 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2005
 
...OUTER BANDS OF HILARY MOVING ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO
NEAR MANZANILLO...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF
MEXICO FROM PUNTA SAN TELMO NORTHWESTWARD TO CABO CORRIENTES.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 500 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HILARY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 108.4 WEST OR ABOUT 300
MILES... 485 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.

HILARY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH... 24
KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. HILARY IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 275 MILES...445 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  979 MB...28.91 INCHES.

RAINBANDS PRODUCING OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA
TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  MANZANILLO RECENTLY
REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR WITH GUSTS TO 45
MPH... 75 KM/HR.  CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST SHOULD IMPROVE ON
MONDAY MORNING.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM PDT POSITION...17.1 N...108.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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