goes11 Suspended during HURRICANE JIMENA
  • 15 years ago
goes11 image processing suspended for 1 full week(public)
the suspension covered 90+% of Jimena's life cycle.

it was modified!!
-4mitigation??

200 PM PDT SAT AUG 29 2009

AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JIMENA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.2 WEST OR ABOUT 270
MILES...435 KM...SOUTH OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 655 MILES...
1055 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.

JIMENA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...
AND A MOTION BETWEEN WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. JIMENA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND JIMENA COULD BECOME A MAJOR
HURRICANE BY SUNDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70
MILES.
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