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| #290471 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:37 PM 22.Aug.2009) TCPAT3 BULLETIN HURRICANE BILL ADVISORY NUMBER 30 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032009 500 PM AST SAT AUG 22 2009 ...BILL EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST EARLY SUNDAY... AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS EXTENDED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM ECUM SECUM TO POINT ACONI AND HAS EXTENDED THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR NEWFOUNDLAND FROM ARNOLDS COVE NORTHWARD TO HARBOUR DEEP. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM CHARLESVILLE TO POINT ACONI. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ECUM SECUM TO POINT ACONI. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF POINT ACONI WESTWARD TO TIDNISH AND FROM VICTORIA IN QUEEN COUNTY NORTHWARD TO LOWER DARNLEY IN PRINCE COUNTY...PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND...AND FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF NOVA SCOTIA FROM PORT LAWRENCE TO CHARLESVILLE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM PARSONS POND AROUND THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF NEWFOUNDLAND TO HARBOUR DEEP. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM WOODS HOLE TO SAGAMORE BEACH...INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE COAST OF NEW ENGLAND AND IN THE CANADIAN MARITIMES SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF BILL. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.8 WEST OR ABOUT 300 MILES... 480 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS AND ABOUT 585 MILES...940 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA. BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 24 MPH...39 KM/HR. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CORE OF HURRICANE BILL SHOULD PASS OFFSHORE THE COAST OF NEW ENGLAND LATE TODAY OR TONIGHT AND MOVE OVER OR NEAR NOVA SCOTIA ON SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. BILL IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON SUNDAY AS BILL MOVES OVER COOLER WATERS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES...445 KM. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 961 MB...28.38 INCHES. TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE TRACK OF BILL ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA...PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND NEWFOUNDLAND. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER NANTUCKET ISLAND...AND NEAR 1 INCH OVER OUTER CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY HURRICANE BILL ARE STILL AFFECTING THE BAHAMAS AND BERMUDA BUT SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH. THE LARGE SWELLS SHOULD CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE U.S. EAST COAST AND THE ATLANTIC MARITIMES OF CANADA TODAY AND SUNDAY. THESE SWELLS WILL LIKELY CAUSE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SURF AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. ...SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...37.1N 68.8W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT 24 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...961 MB AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER AVILA |
