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#290852 (Received by flhurricane at: 1:46 AM 24.Aug.2009) TCPAT3 BULLETIN HURRICANE BILL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 35A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032009 200 AM AST MON AUG 24 2009 ...BILL MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND...HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS REPORTED AT CAPE RACE... 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 200 AM AST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 47.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 53.6 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES... 145 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF BILL WILL EXIT THE EAST COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 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 LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TODAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES...445 KM. A WEATHER OBSERVING SITE IN CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 58 MPH...93 KM/HR...WITH A GUST TO 82 MPH...131 KM/HR. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 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. LARGE AND DANGEROUS SWELLS IMPACTING THE ATLANTIC MARITIMES OF CANADA WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY. ...SUMMARY OF 200 AM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...47.9N 53.6W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...EAST-NORTHEAST OR 60 DEGREES AT 40 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BROWN |