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| #110689 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:46 PM 13.Sep.2006) TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER 12 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072006 500 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2006 ...GORDON REACHES 110 MPH WINDS...NO THREAT TO LAND... AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.5 WEST OR ABOUT 570 MILES... 920 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND A GENERAL NORTH-NORTHEAST MOTION SHOULD BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES GORDON IS A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND GORDON IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 965 MB...28.50 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 PM EDT POSITION...27.0 N...57.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...965 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM EDT. $$ FORECASTER MAINELLI/BEVEN |
