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HURRICANE SEYMOUR ADVISORY NUMBER  14

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP202016

800 AM PDT WED OCT 26 2016



...SEYMOUR STILL A POWERFUL HURRICANE...

...BUT FORECAST TO RAPIDLY WEAKEN BY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...





SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...16.9N 120.2W

ABOUT 785 MI...1265 KM WSW OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH...220 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...949 MB...28.03 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.





DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

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AT 800 AM PDT (1500 UTC), THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SEYMOUR WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 120.2 WEST. SEYMOUR IS

MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH (24 KM/H).  A TURN

TOWARD THE NORTHWEST SHOULD OCCUR LATER TODAY, FOLLOWED BY A TURN

TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED BY

THURSDAY.  A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH WITH A FURTHER REDUCTION IN

FORWARD SPEED IS FORECAST BY FRIDAY.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 140 MPH (220 KM/H)

WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SEYMOUR IS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE

SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  FURTHER WEAKENING IS EXPECTED,

AND RAPID WEAKENING SHOULD BEGIN BY TONIGHT OR THURSDAY.



HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES (35 KM) FROM THE

CENTER AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES

(150 KM).



THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 949 MB (28.03 INCHES).=