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| #290627 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:46 AM 23.Aug.2009) TCPAT3 BULLETIN HURRICANE BILL ADVISORY NUMBER 32 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032009 500 AM AST SUN AUG 23 2009 ...BILL HEADING TOWARD THE CANADIAN MARITIMES... AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND FROM STONE`S COVE TO BONAVISTA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST AND SOUTH COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND FROM PARSONS POND AROUND TO STONE`S COVE...AND ALONG THE EAST COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND FROM BONAVISTA TO HARBOUR DEEP. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA FROM CHARLESVILLE TO POINT ACONI. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA FROM ECUM SECUM TO POINT ACONI. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM WOODS HOLE TO SAGAMORE BEACH...INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA FROM NORTH OF POINT ACONI WESTWARD TO TIDNISH...FOR THE WESTERN COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA FROM FORT LAWRENCE TO CHARLESVILLE... AND FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FROM VICTORIA IN QUEEN COUNTY NORTHWARD TO LOWER DARNLEY IN PRINCE COUNTY. 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 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.5 WEST OR ABOUT 185 MILES... 300 KM...EAST OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS AND ABOUT 275 MILES...445 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA. BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH...43 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF BILL WILL PASS OFFSHORE OF THE COAST OF NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING...AND NEAR OR ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA LATER TODAY...AND OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 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 TODAY 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 290 MILES...465 KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER 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. AROUND 1 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER NANTUCKET ISLAND...OUTER CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY HURRICANE BILL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE U.S. EAST COAST AND SPREAD INTO THE ATLANTIC MARITIMES OF CANADA TODAY. THESE SWELLS WILL LIKELY CAUSE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SURF AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. SWELLS FROM BILL ARE STILL AFFECTING BERMUDA BUT SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY. ...SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...41.2N 66.5W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 25 DEGREES AT 26 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...961 MB AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BROWN/ROBERTS |
