Hurricane Linda a little stronger

Date September 10, 2009

  

At 800 am PDT/1500 UTC the center of Hurricane Linda was located near latitude 18.4 north – longitude 130.1 west or about 1340 miles/2160 km west of the southern tip of Baja California.
Linda is moving toward the north-northwest near 9 mph…15 km/hr and this general motion with some decrease in forward speed is forecast during the next 48 hours.
Maximum sustained winds are near 85 mph/140 km/hr with higher gusts. Gradual weakening is expected over the next couple of days.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 25 miles/35 km from the center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 140 miles/220 km.

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