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HURRICANE ERIN ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN SEP 09 2001

...ERIN NOW A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE AND COULD BECOME A MAJOR 
HURRICANE LATER TODAY AS IT NEARS BERMUDA...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ERIN WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 31.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  61.9 WEST OR ABOUT 
185 MILES...300 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
ERIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND 
A GENERAL NORTHWEST TO NORTH-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER OF ERIN 
NEAR BERMUDA LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND 
ERIN COULD REACH CATEGORY 3 OR MAJOR HURRICANE STATUS ON THE 
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE AS IT APPROACHES BERMUDA LATER TODAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 145 MILES...230 KM.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE 
AIRCRAFT IS  982 MB...29.00 INCHES.
 
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE BATTERING WAVES...WILL 
LIKELY OCCUR ON BERMUDA LATER TODAY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE TRACK OF 
ERIN.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...31.1 N... 61.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 982 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 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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