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HURRICANE GREG ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT TUE SEP 07 1999

...GREG APPROACHING CABO SAN LUCAS...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA FROM
ARROYO SECO SOUTHWARD ON THE PACIFIC COAST AND FROM LA PAZ SOUTHWARD
ON THE GULF COAST.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA FROM
NORTH OF ARROYO SECO TO CABO SAN LAZARO ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA FROM
NORTH OF CABO SAN LAZARO TO PUNTA ABREOJOS ON THE PACIFIC COAST AND
FROM NORTH OF LA PAZ TO LORETO ON THE GULF COAST.

AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GREG WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.5 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES...55
KM...SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA.
 
GREG HAS SLOWED ITS FORWARD MOTION OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS AND IS
NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR. THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...BRING THE CENTER NEAR OR OVER THE
SOUTHERN END OF BAJA CALIFORNIA LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST 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  85 MILES...140 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
...ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNING AREA.  HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO
CONTINUING OVER MAINLAND MEXICO BETWEEN LOS MOCHIS AND MANZANILLO.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...22.6 N...109.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 PM
PDT.
 
BEVEN
 
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