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TROPICAL STORM KAREN ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST MON OCT 15 2001

...KAREN MOVES OVER NOVA SCOTIA AND IS BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 45.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  64.1 WEST.  THIS 
POSITION IS OVER NOVA SCOTIA ABOUT 35 MILES...55 KM...NORTHWEST OF 
HALIFAX.
 
KAREN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR 
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AS KAREN BECOMES 
EXTRATROPICAL...MERGES WITH A TROUGH IN THE WESTERLIES...AND LOSES 
ITS IDENTITY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...OVER THE WATER SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM 
...TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...45.2 N... 64.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
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