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BULLETIN

HURRICANE ROSA ADVISORY NUMBER  13

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP202018

200 AM PDT FRI SEP 28 2018



...LARGE AND POWERFUL ROSA EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHWESTWARD TONIGHT...





SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...16.9N 117.3W

ABOUT 640 MI...1030 KM SW OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...145 MPH...230 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...940 MB...27.76 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.





DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 200 AM PDT (0900 UTC), THE EYE OF HURRICANE ROSA WAS LOCATED NEAR

LATITUDE 16.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 117.3 WEST. ROSA IS MOVING TOWARD THE

WEST NEAR 7 MPH (11 KM/H).  A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST

AND NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE

NORTH SATURDAY NIGHT AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST ON

SUNDAY.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 145 MPH (230 KM/H) WITH HIGHER

GUSTS.  ROSA IS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON

HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  LITTLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS

FORECAST TODAY, WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING ANTICIPATED BY SATURDAY, AND

FURTHER WEAKENING AT A FASTER RATE EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK.



HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES (65 KM) FROM THE

CENTER AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES

(185 KM).



THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 940 MB (27.76 INCHES).





HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

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