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HURRICANE ERIN ADVISORY NUMBER  26
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT SEP 08 2001
 
...ERIN BECOMES A HURRICANE... 
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS REPLACED THE
HURRICANE WATCH WITH A HURRICANE WARNING FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ERIN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.1 WEST OR ABOUT 360 MILES...575
KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

ERIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON SUNDAY.  ON THIS TRACK ERIN SHOULD BE 
NEARING BERMUDA ON SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE REACHED 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 994 
MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...29.0 N... 60.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
AST.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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