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malaise

(269,305 posts)
Sun Oct 5, 2014, 06:39 PM Oct 2014

Well Punta Eugenia Mexico and Baja California Simon says he's coming



From NOAA
SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...23.4N 117.5W
ABOUT 340 MI...545 KM SSW OF PUNTA EUGENIA MEXICO
ABOUT 485 MI...780 KM W OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...977 MB...28.85 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SIMON WAS LOCATED
BY NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 23.4 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 117.5 WEST. SIMON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST
NEAR 9 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST
MONDAY NIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SIMON IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM
SOON...AND IT WILL LIKELY BECOME A REMNANT LOW BY TUESDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105
MILES...165 KM.

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Looks like more water than wind


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