Issued at 1100 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2011 000WTNT33 KNHC 251432TCPAT3 BULLETINHURRICANE RINA ADVISORY NUMBER 9NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL1820111100 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...RINA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED FOR PARTOF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA... SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION-----------------------------------------------LOCATION...17.4N 83.9WABOUT 300 MI...480 KM ESE OF CHETUMAL MEXICOABOUT 305 MI...490 KM SE OF TULUM MEXICOMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH...165 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...971 MB...28.67 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS--------------------CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS CHANGED THE HURRICANE WATCH TO AHURRICANE WARNING FOR THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROMNORTH OF PUNTA GRUESA TO CANCUN. THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS CHANGED THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH TO ATROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULAFROM CHETUMAL TO PUNTA GRUESA. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...* THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM NORTH OF PUNTA GRUESATO CANCUN A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...* THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM CHETUMAL TO PUNTAGRUESA A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTEDSOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A WARNING IS TYPICALLY ISSUED 36HOURS BEFORE THE ANTICIPATED FIRST OCCURRENCE OF TROPICAL STORMFORCE WINDS...CONDITIONS THAT MAKE OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS DIFFICULTOR DANGEROUS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BERUSHED TO COMPLETION. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AREEXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITORPRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK------------------------------AT 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE EYE OF HURRICANE RINA WAS LOCATEDNEAR LATITUDE 17.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.9 WEST. RINA IS MOVINGTOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/H. A GRADUAL TURNTOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ISEXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTEROF RINA WILL APPROACH THE COAST WITHIN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREAON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVEINCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RINA IS ACATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND RINA ISEXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BY TONIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROMTHE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115MILES...185 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 971 MB...28.67 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND----------------------WIND...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST WITHINTHE HURRICANE WARNING AREA BY EARLY THURSDAY WITH TROPICAL STORMCONDITIONS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...MAKING OUTSIDEPREPARATIONS DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AREEXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA ONWEDNESDAY. RAINFALL...RINA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 16INCHES OVER THE EASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM WEDNESDAY MORNINGINTO THURSDAY. STORM SURGE...A DANGEROUS STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BYAS MUCH AS 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG THEIMMEDIATE COAST NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK OF THE CENTER. NEAR THE COAST...THE SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE ANDDESTRUCTIVE WAVES. NEXT ADVISORY-------------NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...200 PM EDT.NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM EDT. $$FORECASTER BRENNAN
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