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#290783 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:34 PM 23.Aug.2009) TCPAT3 BULLETIN HURRICANE BILL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 34A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032009 800 PM AST SUN AUG 23 2009 ...BILL RACING TOWARD NEWFOUNDLAND... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS EFFECT FOR NOVA SCOTIA FROM ECUM SECUM TO BRULE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BRULE TO MALAGASH. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FROM SAVAGE HARBOUR TO WOOD ISLANDS EAST. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM VICTORIA TO WOOD ISLANDS EAST AND FROM SAVAGE HARBOUR TO LOWER DARNLEY. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NEWFOUNDLAND FROM BURGEO EASTWARD AROUND THE AVALON PENINSULA AND NORTHWARD TO FOGO ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PARSONS POND TO BURGEO ON THE WEST AND SOUTH COAST AND FROM FOGO ISLAND TO HARBOUR DEEP ON THE NORTHEAST COAST. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. AT 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 46.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.9 WEST OR ABOUT 230 MILES... 375 KM...WEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH...56 KM/HR...AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF BILL WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND LATER TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. BILL IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND BILL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL ON MONDAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 290 MILES...465 KM. WITHIN THE LAST TWO HOURS...SABLE ISLAND REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 48 MPH...78 KM/HR...AND A PEAK WIND GUST OF 63 MPH...102 KM/HR. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970 MB...28.64 INCHES. TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE TRACK OF BILL ACROSS NEWFOUNDLAND. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN END OF NOVA SCOTIA AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. LARGE AND DANGEROUS SWELLS GENERATED BY HURRICANE BILL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE ATLANTIC MARITIMES OF CANADA TONIGHT. ...SUMMARY OF 800 PM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...46.2N 57.9W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHEAST OR 50 DEGREES AT 35 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...970 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER BRENNAN |