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HURRICANE ERIN ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SAT SEP 08 2001

...ERIN INTENSIFYING AND CONTINUING NORTH-NORTHWEST...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ERIN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  60.6 WEST OR ABOUT 290 
MILES...465 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
ERIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...
AND A GENERAL NORTH-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER OF ERIN NEAR
BERMUDA SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  85 MPH...140
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND ERIN COULD
REACH CATEGORY 2 STATUS ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE AS
IT APPROACHES BERMUDA ON SUNDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 145 MILES...230 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...
WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON BERMUDA ON SUNDAY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE TRACK OF 
ERIN.

REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...30.1 N... 60.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 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 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM AST...SUNDAY.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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