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HURRICANE KAREN ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SUN OCT 14 2001

...KAREN BEGINNING TO FEEL THE COLD...WEAKENS A BIT...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KAREN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 39.5 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 63.3 WEST OR ABOUT 370
MILES...595 KM...SOUTH OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA.

KAREN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH ...13
KM/HR...WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED LATER
TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 185 MILES...295 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL REGIONS OF NOVA SCOTIA LATER TONIGHT.
  
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...39.5 N... 63.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.

FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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