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HURRICANE ERIN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  29A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST SUN SEP 09 2001

...ERIN PASSING EAST OF BERMUDA...SQUALLS BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE 
ISLAND...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA...BUT WILL LIKELY 
BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.

AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE ERIN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 32.5 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 62.9 WEST OR ABOUT 110
MILES...175 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.

ERIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH ...22 KM/HR...AND A
NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON
THIS TRACK ERIN WILL GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO BERMUDA...  BUT THE CORE
OF THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO PASS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE
ISLAND THIS EVENING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SATELLITE IMAGES SUGGEST THAT ERIN MAY HAVE STRENGTHENED... 
AND AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE IS CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE 
CENTER OF ERIN TO MEASURE ITS INTENSITY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  979 MB...28.91 INCHES.

ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE BATTERING WAVES...WILL 
LIKELY OCCUR ON BERMUDA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

REPEATING THE  2 PM AST POSITION...32.5 N... 62.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 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
5 PM AST.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
 
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