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HURRICANE ERIN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  26A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST SAT SEP 08 2001
 
...ERIN GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED WHILE APPROACHING BERMUDA... 
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR
BERMUDA.
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ERIN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.3 WEST OR ABOUT 325 MILES...520
KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

ERIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR
...AND THIS GENERAL 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 ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT ERIN IS FORMING AN
EYE...AND FURTHER 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.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...29.6 N... 60.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 PM AST.

FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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