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TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT WED SEP 11 2002
 
...GUSTAV MOVING TOWARD CANADIAN MARITIMES...

AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FOR
NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.  HEAVY SURF AND DANGEROUS RIPTIDE
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA COASTS.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.0 WEST OR ABOUT 290 
MILES...465 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET ISLAND MASSACHUSETTS.
 
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH ...39 KM/HR...AND 
AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY.

ON THIS TRACK...GUSTAV WILL MOVE NEAR THE CANADIAN MARITIMES TODAY 
AS IT TRANSFORMS INTO A HUGE EXTRATROPICAL STORM.  THE CANADIAN 
GOVERNMENT IS ISSUING A WIND WARNING AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT FOR 
EASTERN NOVA SCOTIA...PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST NEW 
BRUNSWICK.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS...GUSTAV COULD BRIEFLY REACH HURRICANE FORCE LATER 
THIS MORNING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES...415 KM 
FROM THE CENTER.
  
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  975 MB...28.79 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...37.4 N...72.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...975 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 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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