BULLETIN<br>
TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  40<br>
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072006<br>
500 PM AST WED SEP 20 2006<br>
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...GORDON FINALLY BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL...THIS THE LAST ADVISORY..<br>
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AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS<br>
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 16.6 WEST OR ABOUT 380<br>
MILES...625 KM...WEST OF LISBON PORTUGAL.<br>
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GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 35 MPH...56 KM/HR...AND A<br>
GRADUAL TURN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST SHOULD BEGIN TONIGHT.<br>
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MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER<br>
GUSTS. GORDON IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ABSORBED BY A COLD FRONT DURING<br>
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.<br>
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TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM<br>
FROM THE CENTER.<br>
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ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.<br>
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REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...39.2 N...16.6 W.  MOVEMENT<br>
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50<br>
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.<br>
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THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE<br>
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE<br>
FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY METEOFRANCE UNDER WMO HEADER<br>
FQNT50 LFPW.<br>
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