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HURRICANE ERIN ADVISORY NUMBER  46
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST THU SEP 13 2001
 
...ERIN MAINTAINING STRENGTH...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ERIN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 40.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 59.9 WEST OR ABOUT 550 MILES...885
KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.

ERIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  8 MPH
...13 KM/HR...AND A MOTION TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR NORTHEAST AT 
INCREASING SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS ERIN 
MOVES OVER COLDER WATER.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  982 MB...29.00 INCHES.
 
LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH ERIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS
OF THE U.S. EAST COAST AND THE CANADIAN MARITIME PROVINCES TONIGHT.
CONSULT STATEMENTS ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND CANADIAN
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...40.2 N... 59.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 80 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 982 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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