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HURRICANE RINA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 15A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182011
700 PM CDT WED OCT 26 2011

...EYE OF HURRICANE RINA WITHIN THE SCOPE OF BELIZE RADAR...
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SUMMARY OF 700 PM CDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...18.3N 86.2W
ABOUT 150 MI...240 KM SSE OF COZUMEL MEXICO
ABOUT 140 MI...225 KM E OF CHETUMAL MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...979 MB...28.91 INCHES

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

THE GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH
FROM BELIZE CITY TO THE MEXICAN BORDER.

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SATELLITE IMAGES AND RADAR DATA FROM BELIZE INDICATE THAT AT 700 PM
CDT...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE RINA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.2 WEST. RINA IS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/H. A GRADUAL TURN TO
THE NORTH WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF RINA
WILL BE MOVING NEAR OR OVER THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
ON THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. RINA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE. NO IMPORTANT CHANGES IN STRENGTH ARE
EXPECTED BEFORE THE CENTER OF RINA REACHES THE COAST OF THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA ON THURSDAY. A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE IS CURRENTLY
APPROACHING RINA.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105
MILES...165 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 979 MB...28.91 INCHES.

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