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Posted by deanna on September 1, 2009, 10:13 am, in reply to "Last Jimena update"
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From the 10 AM Tropical Weather Discussion (excerpts):


...SPECIAL FEATURES...

AT 0300 UTC SEP 01...DANGEROUS MAJOR HURRICANE JIMENA WAS LOCATED NEAR 20.2N 110.1W 931 MB AT 0900 UTC SEP 01 MOVING NNW OR 330 DEG AT 10 KT. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS ESTIMATED AT 931 MB. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 135 KT WITH GUSTS TO 165 KT. NUMEROUS STRONG CONVECTION IS NOTED WITHIN 90 NM IN ALL QUADRANTS. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WAS NOTED IN BANDS ELSEWHERE WITHIN 330 NM OF CENTER.

LONG PERIOD S TO SE SWELL GENERATED FROM HURRICANE JIMENA HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO AFFECT THE W COAST OF MEXICO...BAJA CALIFORNIA...AND IS PROPAGATING INTO THE S PORTIONS OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA ALREADY. THESE SWELLS WILL INCREASE N OF 18N TODAY...AND GENERATE LARGE AND POWERFUL SURF...AND VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS.


If the rain keeps up for just a little while
longer, I'll win my bet with Boca Bob that we'd
get at least an inch of rain from Jimena. Almost
there, Bob!








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